Training in Medical Ethics

Interest and purpose of the training

• General objectives
• To provide factual, conceptual, procedural and decision-making teaching in medical bioethics.
• To apply the ethical principles of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.
• Identify ethical issues in medicine, healthcare and the life sciences.
• To move from teaching ethics to cultivating ethics.
• Build capacity in medical bioethics.
• Specific objectives
• Recognise ethical issues in healthcare, research and health policy.
• Identify an ethical dilemma, analyse it and provide solutions..

Course outlines

• Human dignity and human rights.
• Personal autonomy and individual responsibility.
• The principle of beneficence and non-maleficence..
• Respect for vulnerability.
• Concept of benefits and risks.
• Information and informed consent.
• Equality, justice and fairness.
• Privacy and confidentiality.
• Data protection and sharing.
• Genetics and the challenges of genome research.
• Social responsibility and health.
• Case studies & Summary and recommendations.

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