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31801-01 - Course: Empirical research in bioethics: qualitative and quantitative methods (2 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2015 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers |
Bernice Simone Elger (b.elger@unibas.ch, Assessor)
David Shaw (david.shaw@unibas.ch) |
| Content | Over the last decades, bioethics - the field that studies ethical questions in the life sciences and medicine - has become a well-established academic discipline. Contemporary bioethics scholarship comprises not only the development of normative frameworks for problem solving, but also the collection and interpretation of empirical data that can inform bioethical debates. Bioethics is by definition an interdisciplinary domain; the questions it studies are too complex to be resolved by the methodological tools or approaches offered within one discipline, and as a result it utilizes mixed methods coming from various disciplines. The course will focus discuss the following: (1) different study designs: longitudinal, cross-sectional, time-series, experimental; (2) the advantages and disadvantages of each study design; and (3) qualitative and quantitative methods. In order for students to practice their methodological knowledge, they will (1) provide constructive criticism to a published paper; and (2) write a 6 page study proposal. Experts will be invited to provide instructions into publishing manuscripts in bioethics. |
| Comments | Attention: This course is linked to the visit of Prof. Zeke Emanuel in JUNE and will be take place on Mondays 17:00-18:00 from 1.6. - 29.6.2015 |
| Course application | MOnA and by mail to david.shaw@unibas.ch |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Aufbaumodul (Teil C) (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) Doctorate Biomedical Ethics: Recommendations (PhD subject: Biomedical Ethics) Doktorat Medizin- und Gesundheitsethik: Empfehlungen (PhD subject: Medical and Health Ethics (Start of studies before 01.02.2015)) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Attention: This course is partly linked to the visit of Prof. Zeke Emanuel in JUNE and will be take place on Mondays 17:00-18:00 from 1.6. - 29.6.2015 in the library of the Institute for Biomedical Ethics. Attendance of this part is mandatory! |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Registration/deregistration: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Medicine |
| Offered by | Institut für Bio- und Medizinethik |