Course Description
Moral problems in medicine including the patient's right to know, the confidentiality of doctor-patient communications, informed consent and experimentation with human subjects, abortion, euthanasia, socialized medicine, conflicts between medicine and religion, and genetic engineering.
Syllabus
Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
MAC Category and SLOs
Critically analyze claims, arguments, artifacts or information.
Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments.
Course Specific SLOs
Describe central debates in medical ethics.
Identify techniques at work in medical ethics debates.
Course Grading Information:
Activity/Performance Measure | Percentage/Points |
|---|---|
Comprehension quizzes | 40% |
Case analysis write-ups | 30% |
Small group discussions | 20% |
Class attendance | 10% |
Grading Scale
Percentage | Letter Grade |
|---|---|
100-93% | A |
92-90% | A- |
89-88% | B+ |
87-82% | B |
81-80% | B- |
79-78% | C+ |
77-72% | C |
71-70% | C- |
69-68% | D+ |
67-62% | D |
61-60% | D- |
<60% | F |
Attendance/Participation:
Making up a missed assignment is permitted on a case-by-case basis. When possible, the instructor should be notified before the assignment deadline. Requests for deadline extensions due to unexpected health, personal or family emergencies may require a note from an appropriate vetting authority. Work that is turned in late without any explanation from the student will result in a loss of points or a 0 for the assignment, at the instructor's discretion.
Course Materials Purchased by the Students:
Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction (Second Edition), by Tony Hope and Michael Dunn (Oxford University Press, 2019)
Scholarly Perspectives
This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.