The most interesting and important areas of contemporary bioethics will be addressed. This course is primarily directed towards students studying biomedicine and those who will often end up in development and research or at biomedical laboratories.

About this course

During the five weeks of our course you will look into some of the most interesting and important areas of contemporary bioethics. This course, unlike other courses in bioethics, is primarily directed towards students studying biomedicine, and not only medical educations leading to a certain profession, like physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, etc. The latter students often have ethical codes specific to their profession. Moreover, much of their ethical training is about ethical problems that arise in the relationship between health care professional and patient. This course is directed to the students who have scientific biomedical training as their main focus. Such students often end up in development and research or at biomedical laboratories. However, they encounter ethical questions in their professional lives as well.

What you'll learn

1. The basic theories, principles, and concepts within biomedical ethics.
2. How to identify ethical problems within biomedicine.
3. How to perform an analysis of an ethical problem within biomedicine. 
4. How to coherently argue for and against courses of action on how to deal with an ethical problem within biomedicine.
5. How to reflect on one’s own and others’ values and norms within biomedicine.
6. What are the specific ethical issues related to medical research.
7. What are the specific ethical issues related to global justice and biomedicine.
8. What are the specific ethical issues related to drug development and biomedicine.
9. What are the specific ethical issues related to biobankning.
10. What are the specific ethical issues related to contemporary genetics and ethics.