Learning outcomes

The medical bioethics course should help to provide enrolled students with the following skills:

  • Be clear about some basic concepts in clinical and research ethics: autonomy, beneficence, justice, etc.
  • To be aware of the importance of the development of bioethics in the South.
  • Know how to analyse a clinical situation using certain classic methodological tools. -Be open to the human dimension of health care practices

Goals

  • Be clear about some basic concepts in clinical and research ethics: autonomy, beneficence, justice, etc.
  • To be aware of the importance of bioethics development in the South.
  • Know how to analyse a clinical situation using certain classic methodological tools.
  • Be open to the human dimension of care practices.

Content

The medical bioethics course consists of 3 parts.

1. A general introduction to bioethics presenting the history and the context of emergence of this discipline.

2. A section on clinical ethics. First, various moral systems underlying human decisions are presented. A significant place is reserved for the issue of health care ethics in the South.

3. A section on research ethics. Six major principles regulating research on human beings are examined, with particular emphasis on the ethics of research in developing countries.

Teaching methods

Ex cathera course with slides, video, audio and guests.

Assessment method

Scientific dissertation

Sources, references and any support material

Laurent RAVEZ, Introduction to public health ethics, Sauramps Médical, 2020.

Language of instruction

French
Training Study programme Block Credits Mandatory
Bachelor in Medicine Standard 0 3
Bachelor in Medicine Standard 3 3