Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Bioethics
Other languages of instruction: Catalan
Teaching staff
Introduction
Biotechnological advances have created new scenarios for professionals Biosciences has raised great hopes and concrete improvements for life and the future of man. However, it is also common for both scientific research and clinical practice issues and questions of ethics and anthropological nature that unambiguously demonstrate the need for a steady relationship and integration between technical reason and ethical reason arise, with to the acquisition of new knowledge, is directed to achieve and do their best to man ..
The life and human nature are presented realities too complex to be examined thoroughly from a unique perspective; a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach as shown science Bioethics therefore indispensable. The Bioethics is a reflection on human life and its relationship to good health, and on the principles which should guide the actions of the Biosciences professional development of their particular job. A competent professional, technical and scientific training is not enough to properly exercise the profession but also includes the ethical aspect.
Training in Bioethics aims to provide a professional knowledge and specific training which enable and help, not just take the best decisions to limit situations considered, but also knowing how to act in different situations that arise in everyday clinical practice.
Pre-course requirements
To have knowledge of philosophical anthropology and ethics
Objectives
1. Recognize ethical issues that arise in professional practice, identify apparent ethical conflicts and values at stake.
2. Provide the students with knowledge to enable them to analyze and define the ethical aspects.
3. Provide students with practical skills to integrate these dimensions into the continuous process of decision-making.
4. Know the rights of the individual as a human being and as a patient, to respect and detect possible violations that occur in practice.
5. Know the main regulations governing the healthcare procedures and labor regulations governing professional practice
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 01 - The ability to analysis and synthesis.
- 05 - The ability to manage information.
- 06 - To have comprehensive problem-solving skills.
- 07 - Demonstrate decision-making skills.
- 09 - Demonstrate critical thinking skills.
- 10 - Develop autonomous learning skills.
- 11 - The ability to adapt to new situations.
- 13 - Knowledge of other cultures and customs.
- 17 - The ability to work responsibly and autonomously, so as to handle job-related activities without the need for strict supervision.
- 18 - Demonstrate a patient-centered approach by showing respect for the central role of the individual and his/her needs in decision-making.
- 28.2 - Demonstrate Interpersonal skills.
- 30.1 - Teamwork skills.
- 37 - Knowledge of ethics, legal and professional issues in physiotherapy practice.
- 37.1 - Use discretion, use available information appropriately and respect patient dignity and confidentiality
- 37.2 - commitment to ethical conduct
- 37.3 - appreciation and respect for diversity and multiculturalism
- 37.4 - adhere to professional competencies and standards in health care
- 37.5 - knowledge of the profession's deontological ethics codes
- 38 - Ability to incorporate ethical and legal principles into the professional culture.
- 38.1 - Respect for the rights of the patient and their family.
- 54 - Ability to interact effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
Learning outcomes of the subject
1. Integrat ethical, professional and scientific values properly.
2. Acquire the ability to adapt to different situations in physiotherapist practice.
3. Develop the capacity of analysis and synthesis.
4. Discover the need to work in a multidisciplinary team.
5. Recognize, analyze ethical problems and develop possible sotutions.
6. Be able to apply ethical knowledge in practice.
7. Recognize the limitations and the need to maintain and update professional skills, paying particular importance to independent study new knowledge and techniques and motivation for quality.
Syllabus
Origin and development of Bioethics
Definition of Bioethics
Brief historical panorama
Founding models in Bioethics
Application of models in case studies
Beginning of human life
Human sexuality
Fertility and sterilization
Prenatal diagnosis and abortion
Current legal situation
Assisted reproduction
Stem cells and embryonic selection
Embryo Experimentation
Genetic manipulation
Ethics of fragile life
Information to patients and their rights
The care and attention to at-risk patients
Health professional-patient relationship
Term of human life
Suffering and Palliative Care
Limitation of therapeutic effort
Sedation and Dysnasia
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Research Ethics
Experimentation with humans
Experimentation with animals
Interventions for human improvement. Doping
Fraud in investigation and publication
The conflict of interest
Clinical Research Ethics Committees
Ethics of social life
Information-communication ethics
Justice in professional relationships
Justice in the distribution of resources
Teaching and learning activities
In person
The course is usually taught through theoretical sessions (lectures) and practice sessions. The content of the lectures will consist of the main topics and concepts of the units which are detailed in the course syllabus. The classes will be based mainly on the analysis of texts, audiovisual documents and case studies that are intended to illustrate and deepen the concepts explained above.
1. Lecture: presentation of the contents of the program.
2. Study and resolution of cases.
3. Performing practices: critical reading of texts, audiovisual (individual and group presentations).
4. Implementation of a project: teamwork. Cooperative practices among peers.
5. Documents review: books, essays, articles, texts
6. Academic tutoring.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
The course is approved with a 5. The overall score is obtained by making the weighted average of activities:
a) Exercises in class, attendance, communications, cases, text comments, practical exercise (40%).
b) Final exam (60%)
For these percentages to be applied, the student must score a minimum of 5 in each item and sub-item
Copying, forgery or fraud in individual written assignments or in teams, in attendance to classes, and/or in written or oral exams is a serious offense that carries the immediate failure of the course. If a course is repeated, disciplinary proceedings will be open to the author. DISCIPLINARY RULES FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALUÑA. CHAPTER I. OF THE DISCIPLINARY OFFENCES. Article 2. ((g) h)
Honors qualifications will not be awarded during retakes.
Bibliography and resources
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CICCONE, L.; Bioética. Historia.Principios. Cuestiones. Palabra, Madrid, 2005.
SIMON, C., Diccionario de Bioética, Montecarmelo, 2006
MANERO, E; TOMAS, G Mª, Diccionario de Bioética para estudiantes, Formación Alcalá, S.L., 2008.
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INTERNET:
- Bioethicsline www.bioethics.Georgetown.edu/bioline.htm
- Euroethics www.gwdg.de/-uelsner/entrez/.fcgi
- Asociación Médica Mundial www.wma.net
- Canadian Bioethics Society www.bioethics.ca/english
- Asociación Europea de Centros de Ética Médica: www.kuleuven.ac.be/cbmer/eacmeherstel.htm
- European Bioethical Research: www.bioethics.org.uk
- Asociación Española de Bioética y Etica médica: www.aebioetica.org- Bioética y Derecho. Universidad de Barcelona: www.Ub.es/fildt/bioetica.htm
- Centro de Documentación de Bioética del departamento de HumanidadesBiomédicas: http://www.unav.es/cdb-Observatorio de Bioética de Valencia: www.observatoriobioetica.com
Evaluation period
- E1 03/06/2022 12:00h
- E2 22/06/2022 13:00h