BIO426 Bioethics
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| Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
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| BIO426 | Bioethics | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Prerequisite | Junior Standing | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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| Lecturer | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Currently not available |
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| Assistant | Assistant E-mail | |||||||||
| Course Objectives | To provide students with an understanding of the relationship between health-care providers and their patients; To learn the significance of having the choice of medical intervention for the individual patient; To develop an understanding of the choice of public health interventions; To provide a reasonably broad perspective of the evaluation of effects of health-care interventions; To identify a broad perspective of the collaboration between teams engaged in health care activities; To increase student’s awareness and recognition of bioethics. | |||||||||
| Textbook | BIOETHICS CORE CURRICULUM, UNESCO 2008, 2011; Global Bioethics: What for?, Published in 2015 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France © UNESCO 2015. | |||||||||
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| Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
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| Teaching Methods | Lectures, Case studies, Class discussions, Active tutorial sessions with problems solving and team assigments, Guest Speakers | |||||||||
| Teaching Method Delivery | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | |||||||||
| WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
| Week 1 | Introduction to Bioethics | Textbook, Unit #1 & 2 | ||||||||
| Week 2 | Ethical, legal, and social issues in genetics, medicine, health care and life sciences | Selected material | ||||||||
| Week 3 | The Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights - Human dignity and human rights | Unit #3 | ||||||||
| Week 4 | Solidarity and cooperation | Unit #13 | ||||||||
| Week 5 | Benefit and harm; Application of bioethics, including well-being, justice, and autonomy | Unit #4 and # 15 | ||||||||
| Week 6 | Autonomy and individual responsibility; e.g. genetic editing and enhancement | Unit #5 | ||||||||
| Week 7 | Respect for human vulnerability and personal integrity | Unit #8 | ||||||||
| Week 8 | MIDTERM EXAM | |||||||||
| Week 9 | Informative consent | Unit # 6 and #7 | ||||||||
| Week 10 | Privacy and confidentiality | Unit # 9 | ||||||||
| Week 11 | Equality, justice and equity | Unit # 10 | ||||||||
| Week 12 | Non-discrimination and non-stigmatization | Unit # 11 | ||||||||
| Week 13 | Respect for cultural diversity and pluralism | Unit #12 | ||||||||
| Week 14 | Protection of the environment, the biosphere and biodiversity | Unit # 16 and #17 | ||||||||
| Week 15 | Final review and discussion | |||||||||
| Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 | 1, 2, 3 | |
| Semester Evaluation Components | ||||
| Midterm Exam | 1 | 50 | 1, 2, 3 | |
| Presentation | 1 | 15 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
| Case study/Homeworks | 1 | 10 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
| Professional Development | 10 | 4, 5 | ||
| *** ECTS Credit Calculation *** | ||||
| Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
| Lecture hours | 3 | 14 | 42 | Assignments | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Active tutorials | 1 | 14 | 14 | Home study | 2 | 14 | 28 | |||
| Midterm exam study | 12 | Final exam study | 15 | |||||||
| Homework | 6 | |||||||||
| Total Workload Hours = | 90 | |||||||||
| *T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 6 | ||||||||
| Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 07/03/2023 | |||||||||