Bioethics and Deontology

Code:

MI424

Acronym:

BD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	154	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	4	-	3	30	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Knowledge: The essential aim of the Curricular Unit of Bioethics and Professional Ethics is that the student acquires the necessary knowledge in health care ethics, especially in what concerns the ethical dimension of health and of disease and its relation with the medical profession. In the plan of the concepts the aims are the acquisition of the more representative ethical theories of human thought.

 

Skills: With this curricular unit the medical student must gather the necessary skills for a responsible exercise of medical profession. The student must be adequately informed about the norms of medical deontology so that his practice is in accordance with the ethical principles of modern medicine. 

Learning outcomes and competences

The syllabus is in accordance with the most important theories in the area of bioethics and medical ethics. In this way coherence with the curricular unit’s intended learning outcomes is demonstrated since the syllabus is a necessary condition so that the student acquires the adequate skills for a true capacitation in this area.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Basic Ethics: concepts and definitions; Ethics, Bioethics and the principles of Biomedical Ethics; Epistemology and Bioethics; The clinical relationship; Privacy and confidentiality in clinical practice; Ethics and mental health; Ethics and occupational health; The HIV infection; Medical responsibility; Medical ethics at the end of life; Transplantation of cells, tissues and organs; The beginning of the human life; Medically assisted procreation; Genetic diagnosis; Genetic intervention in humans; Research in medical sciences; Experimentation on human beings; Ethics committees in healthcare; Ethics and Epidemiological Research; stem-cell research; Evidence-based Medicine; Use of the human cadavers in Medicine; Distributive justice and resource allocation; Bio-law.

Mandatory literature

Nunes, R.; Gene-Ética, Almedina, 2013
Beauchamp, T., & Childress, J. ; Principles of Biomedical Ethics , Oxford University Press, 2012
Nunes, R.; Testamento Vital, Almedina, 2011

Teaching methods and learning activities

Course: 14 week, 30 contact hours blocks. Beyond experience in the Bioethics, Biolaw and Health Economics Unit, pedagogic modalities at stake are: a) Seminars, 18 hrs: Prepared and guided discussion of previously define themes, participated by professors & students; b) Group Work, 12 hrs: Analysis and problem solving activity, orientated by professors and actively prepared by students; c) Student´s presentation of Case-Problems (CP). Each one will elaborate a monograph as final report on a selected case, discussed within small interactive groups; then, CPs are presented to students and professors; they are essential to student´s evaluation. The professor will make a continuous assessment of the whole pedagogical process for each student, to include: communication skills, human relations, regular attendance and participation, theoretical and practical knowledge. Final assessment of the curricular unit is made by the continuous assessment of the discipline: 50% exam + 50% group work.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Final assessment of the curricular unit is made by the continuous assessment of the discipline: 50% exam + 50% group work.