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700.621.81
Ethics in Clinical Practice: Fundamentals, Problems and Approaches

Location
Internet
Term
2nd Term
Department
Berman Institute (Bioethics)
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
Yes
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

Introduction to Online Learning.

Description
Offers students a) a theoretical and practical foundation for identifying and analyzing ethical issues arising in clinical medicine and b) a survey of important current issues and problems in clinical ethics with c) a focus on case analysis and application of principles to problems. Includes interactive content and case-based materials.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Identify ethical issues in clinical practice
  2. Evaluate the relevance of different approaches to ethics to specific issues in clinical medicine
  3. Analyze ethical issues in clinical care and communicate effectively about the analyses
  4. Apply analytic framework(s) to resolve competing moral obligations in clinical care
  5. Consider ethical problems in the larger historical and social context of clinical care
Enrollment Restriction
Enrollment priority given to MBE students