Lecturer(s)
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Ročková Jitka, Mgr. DiS.
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Kmentová Kateřina, Mgr.
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Course content
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Lectures (12h lectures/20h self-study) Basic ethical theories and principles, ethical dilemmas and methodology in Ethics, Research Ethics, Codes of Ethics, Professional responsibility and medical errors, Rights and duties, Ethics in Genetics, End of life issues, and other selected topics, e. g. Cultural competency, Moral issues in Disaster medicine, Organ transplantation Seminars and Practicum (12h) Practicing methods of analyzing clinical ethics cases, ethical dilemmas and application of ethical principles, understanding ethical principles - issues related to Autonomy, Justice, Beneficence and Non-maleficence, Research Ethics, Ethical dilemmas in medicine and clinical ethics cases
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to acquire basic knowledge from medical ethics and provide tools to develop the skills for ethical professional conduct.
The case-based seminars use concrete situations to help to recognize the existence of ethical dilemmas, develop a process for working through ethical choices and demonstrate how to manipulate universally applicable standards.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Compulsory attendance at all the practicum sessions is required. The examination is based on submitting a paper and demonstration of gained knowledge in oral examination.
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Recommended literature
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Beauchamp, T., Childress, J. Principles of biomedical ethics. Eighth ed. Oxford:Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 13:978-0195335705.
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Jonsen, Albert R.. Clinical ethics : a practical approach to ethical decisions in clinical medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163414-4.
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