This course is intended to impart to the trainee, knowledge and skills pertaining to the importance and use of biomedical ethics in research and clinical practice.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, the student is expected to be able to:-
Describe the ethical issues surrounding biomedical research and professional practice by medical professionals and allied health professionals;
Apply methods of argumentation for or against ethical positions when faced with ethical problems that have no clear ethical solution;
Recognize and shun forms of moral indoctrination on the one hand, and moral relativity on the other hand;
Appreciate the moral and ethical choices that biomedical research scientists and health professionals make, and to evaluate their justification;
Sharpen their moral awareness and values underlying the ethical choices they make in their own professional practices as researchers and health care providers, through a process of reflective and conscious self-examination.
