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30209-01 - Block course: Ethics in Biomedical and Public Health Research (2 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2012 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Bernice Simone Elger (b.elger@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Tenzin Wangmo (tenzin.wangmo@unibas.ch) |
| Content | This course is organized through the ProDoc Program in Bio&Medical Ethics and is provided by the Institute of Biomedical Ethics at the University of Basel with support from the SSPH+ PhD Program in Public Health. This is a practice-oriented course that will begin with an introduction to biomedical ethics principles and research ethics that will be useful and applicable to all public health, biomedical, and nursing researchers. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to learn from ethical challenges that researchers face when conducting different types of studies, i.e., medical, epidemiology, molecular biology, genetics, and health education. For this to materialize, we will design the course using tandem teaching: course participants (PhD Public Health, Biomedical sciences, Molecular biology, Epidemiology, Nursing or other students) will present their research work/concepts and describe different ethical issues concerning their study design that they envision facing or may have encountered. A member of the Institute for Biomedical Ethics will ground these concerns using ethical frameworks highlighting ethical debates and providing possible suggestions. |
| Learning objectives | Aims of the course are to: (a) explore ethical issues in everyday public health and biomedical practices, and (b) familiarize course participants with ethical issues that researchers face in conducting public health and biomedical research. |
| Bibliography | Students will receive literature as attachments a month before the course begins. |
| Comments | Participants must be willing to 1) present their study or research project during the course period; 2) provide their presentation information to the course facilitators a month in advance so that they can study and prepare research specific ethical concerns and suggestions. |
| Weblink | Link to course |
| Admission requirements | Requirements and Qualifications: Open to SSPH+ PhD students, ProDoc Students at the Bio&Medical Ethics Program (University of Basel and University of Zürich), and Master and PhD students at the University of Basel. External participants from other universities are welcome to apply for limited spaces. |
| Course application | External students can register online under www.ispm.unibas.ch following the “course” link. All students from the University of Basel must register using the University’s MONA System. Deadline: February 15, 2011 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Aufbaumodul (Teil D) (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) Epidemiology (Doctorate Philosophy (Faculty of Science)) Lehrveranstaltungen Promotionsfach Medizin- und Gesundheitsethik (PhD subject: Medizin- und Gesundheitsethik) Modul Praktische Philosophie (Master's degree subject: Philosophy) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Students are expected to attend on all three days. Students will do a 45 minutes presentation during the course and they will be expected to devote at least 14 hours to course readings distributed before the course meeting. They will actively engage in course discussions. These criteria will be used to assess student participation and will result in a Pass/Fail grade. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: teaching staff |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Medicine |
| Offered by | Institut für Bio- und Medizinethik |