gsw180 - Ethics in Medicine

gsw180 - Ethics in Medicine

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Module label Ethics in Medicine
Modulkürzel gsw180
Credit points 3.0 KP
Workload 90 h
Institute directory Department of Human Medicine
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls
  • (Master) >
Zuständige Personen
  • Schweda, Mark (module responsibility)
  • Schweda, Mark (Prüfungsberechtigt)
  • Weßel, Merle (Prüfungsberechtigt)
Prerequisites
Enrolment in Master´s programme Molecular Biomedicine
Skills to be acquired in this module
Competencies:
++ deepened medical / ethical expertise with a focus on research ethics
++ interdisciplinary thinking
++ critical and analytical thinking
  + independent searching and knowledge of scientific literature
  + ability to perform independent biological research
++ data presentation and discussion (written and spoken)
  + team work
++ ethics and professional behaviour
  + project and time management
Module contents
Concept of ethics and central theoretical approaches to ethics
Research ethical standards and their evolution
Good scientific practice (scientific misconduct, criteria of authorship, documentation of research, IRB approval)
Central areas of ethically sensitive research (stem cell and embryonic research, genomic research, clinical studies, social research)
Ethical problems in research (research with incompetent and vulnerable populations
Literaturempfehlungen
Excerpts from relevant textbooks (e.g., Beauchamp, T., Childress, J. F. (2013): Principles of Biomedical Ethics; Emanuel, E. J., Grady, C. C., Crouch, R. A., Lie, R. K., Miller, F. G., Wendler, D. D. (eds.) (2008): The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics; Hughes, J., Hunter, D., Sheehan, M., Wilkinson, S., Wrigley, A. (2010): European Textbook on Ethics in Research); current research articles
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Language of instruction English
Duration (semesters) 1 Semester
Module frequency winter semester
Module capacity 25
Type of module Wahlpflicht / Elective
Module level MM (Mastermodul / Master module)
Teaching/Learning method Lecture
Examination Prüfungszeiten Type of examination
Final exam of module
essay
Form of instruction Vorlesung und Seminar
SWS 2
Frequency WiSe

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