Activity on the Surgeons’ Hall Archive

GOAL: Exploration of Lothian Surgical Audit Archive Data

Complete the following in groups of 2-3 people. Complete in group Google Doc and have one student upload the final version as a pdf to Moodle. Please include all member’s names.

Questions

  1. Read about the Lothian Surgical Audit Archive https://library.rcsed.ac.uk/about-us/blog/archive/the-lothian-surgical-audit-archive.

Summarize its contents in under 200 words.

  1. Read about the minute books and browse a few of the books online: https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk/special-collections/minute-books-of-the-incporation-of-barbers-and-surgeons-of-edinburgh?

Summarize their contents in under 200 words.

  1. During our visit to these archives, we are searching for early uses of statistics. In the 1500s, this did not mean t-tests or ANOVA but rather the collection, organization, and use of data. In this case, most of the data has been collected and held with no modern-day statistician involved. This makes you the “expert” in the room for finding early evidence, critiquing the methods, and identifying progress in the process over time.

Write three objectives for your group when visiting the archive.

Photo source https://library.rcsed.ac.uk/about-us/blog/archive/the-lothian-surgical-audit-archive