LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aim and objective of the course is the study of Bioethics, as the field of critical approach and revision of the principles and criteria of practice in the age of biotechnology and the investigation of ethical issues arising from biomedical innovations and their applications.
After the end of the course students will be able to:
- Understand the basic principles of Bioethics
- Know issues of Bioethics and Law
- Be familiar with basic methods of ethical reasoning for dealing with problems in the field of clinical practice
- have acquired solid theoretical knowledge, necessary for the scientific and professional career.
- have come in contact with the concept and current concerns of health professionals regarding Bioethics
SYLLABUS
1. Bioethics as a scientific discipline
2. Technology and interventions-ethical theories
3. The ethical dilemmas of biotechnology. Basic rules in scientific research
4. Organ transplants
5. Experiments on animals. Clone products
6. Clinical studies involving humans
7. Medically assisted reproduction
8. Eugenic-Stem Cells
9. Genetically modified organisms
10. Medical Ethics, Decisions towards the end of life
11. Ethics of new technologies -Artificial intelligence
12. Bioethics Committees. International Organizations -Legislative Frameworks
13. Bioethics and Education. The interdisciplinary and inter sectoral approach to knowledge