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31801-01 - Course: Empirical research in bioethics: qualitative and quantitative methods 2 CP

Semester fall semester 2014
Course frequency Every fall sem.
Lecturers Bernice Simone Elger (b.elger@unibas.ch)
Tenzin Wangmo (tenzin.wangmo@unibas.ch, Assessor)
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.

 

Course application MOnA and by mail to tenzin.wangmo@unibas.ch
Language of instruction English
Use of digital media No specific media used

 

Interval Weekday Time Room

No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.

Modules Aufbaumodul (Teil C) (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich)
Lehrveranstaltungen Promotionsfach Medizin- und Gesundheitsethik (PhD subject: Medizin- und Gesundheitsethik)
Assessment format continuous assessment
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

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