TET702 - BIOETHICS

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
BIOETHICS TET702 1st Semester 3 0 3 5
Prequisites
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Question and Answer
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
Case Study
Problem Solving
 
Instructor (s)Prof. Dr. Nüket Örnek Büken, Assis. Prof. Dr. Önder Ä°lgili, Assis. Prof. Dr. Müge Demir 
Course objectiveInformation on bioethics issues, gain awareness and sensitivity in bioethics, and able to make ethical analysis, solve the ethics dilemmas. 
Learning outcomes
  1. 1. Make the definition of ethics, biomedical ethics, ethical theories and identify the main currents.
  2. 2. List and define the basic principles of biomedical ethics.
  3. 3. Define the ethical dilemma, ethical analysis, justification in ethics and the ethics consultation.
  4. 4. Debate the most talked issues of bioethics ethical conduct, manage the ethical decision-making processes.
  5. 5. Count bioethics committees, list their tasks.
Course ContentBioethics becomes an issue in communities because of problems caused by technological advances. Physicians, scientists and other professionals how use their power on society, and what are the problems and solutions of the problems in bioethics. 
References1. Akarsu B. Ahlak Felsefesi. Ankara: İnkılap Yay, 1999.
2. Aydın E. Tıp Etiği Güneş Kitabevi 2006.
3. Beauchamp TL, Childress JF. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. 6th ed. USA: Oxford University Press, 2009.
4. Büken NÖ. ?Yaşlılık Etiği? (Geriatric Ethics), Türk Tıp Etiği ve Tıp Hukuku Araştırmaları Yıllığı, Vol:1, No: 1, 205-218, Ekim 2008.
5. Camus A. Veba, Can Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997.
6. Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Revised edition, New York. Macmillan, 2005.
7. Kuçuradi, I., Etik, TFK, 1996, Ankara.
8. Kuçuradi, I., İnsan ve Değerleri, TFK, 1998.
9. Kuçuradi, I., Nietzche ve İnsan,TFK, 1997, Ankara.
10. Moreno, J.D. Deciding Together,Oxford University Press 1995.
11. Nuttal, J., Etiğe Giriş, Ahlak Üzerine Tartışmalar. Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997.
12. Oğuz NY, Tepe H, Büken NÖ., Kucur D., "Biyoetik Terimleri Sözlüğü", TFK (Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu) Yayını, Ankara, 2005.
13. Pieper Annemarie, Etiğe Giriş, Ayrıntı, 1999.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Ethics, bioethics and related concepts
Week 2Theories, codes and approaches of ethics
Week 3Value, value conflict, value judgments and value theory
Week 4Ethical dilemma, ethical analysis, ethical justifying, ethics consultation
Week 5Medical ethics, nursing ethics, health-care ethics, environmental ethics, research ethics, clinical ethics and bioethics
Week 6Principles of biomedical ethics
Week 7Principles of beneficience and nonmaleficience
Week 8Principle of autonomy and informed consent
Week 9Principle of justice and allocation of scarce resources
Week 10End-of-life decisions, geriatrics and ethics, do not resuscitate orders, euthanasia, futile treatments
Week 11Stem cell research and ethics, cloning, genetics, genetically modified organisms
Week 12Feminist bioethics, ethical aspects of assisted reproduction
Week 13Environmental ethics, biosecurity, rights of animals
Week 14Historical development of ethics committees, international and national implementation of ethics committees and discussions on functions of them
Week 15General preparation
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance1410
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments220
Presentation110
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam150
Total90
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes050
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes050
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14342
Presentation / Seminar Preparation11616
Project000
Homework assignment21020
Midterms (Study duration)000
Final Exam (Study duration) 13030
Total Workload3262150

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. To gain knowledge about general features, development and pathogenesis of allergic diseases.      
2. To conceive the interaction between innate and adaptive immunities in allergic inflammation and to evaluate their contribution to disease pathogenesis.     
3. To learn cell types and their characteristics and roles in allergic diseases.      
4. To have information concerning genetic basis of allergic diseases and gen-enviroment interactions.      
5. To obtain knowledge on the legal regulations and ethical approaches directed towards clinical studies, and to comply with these ethical principles, being aware of their importance at an individual level and for society    X
6. To follow new developments and Technologies in the field of allergic inflammation, to know the equipment and material used in this field and to be able to use basic molecular and cell biology techniques.      
7. To be able to use information technology effectively in life for professional use.     
8. To discuss at a national and international level, topics related to allergic diseases, to possess the knowledge and the capability to solve problems and to master a foreign language, in such a way that this knowledge will serve as principles of life long learning.      
9. To present individually or as a team opinions in a scientific environment on theoretical and practical topics, to discuss systematically with specialists, to defend and question norms, to assess the results in the framework of quality processing.     
10. To analyse research data obtained in allergic diseases using statistic methods, to report according to evidence or present in a national/international scientific field.     
11. To know the working standards of an allergic research laboratory, to implement the rules of data acquisition and scientific reporting, ethics and biosafety.    X

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