Seminar of Regulation and Control of Health Technologies

Code:

PDB012

Acronym:

PDB012

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Ethics in Health Sciences

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDB	27	Current Studies Plan	2	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

The essential aim of the Curricular Unit of Biolaw Seminars is that the student acquires the necessary knowledge in Biolaw, namely in very specific areas. Especially in what concerns the technical and operational dimensions of this area. In the conceptual plan the aims are the acquisition and knowledge of the core concepts in Biolaw.

Learning outcomes and competences

With this curricular unit the student must gather the necessary skills for understanding any area in Biolaw. Moreover the student must be adequately prepared to make a regular update in these areas.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1- Biolaw at the interface with Bioethics

2- The principle of freedom of science and medicine

3- Fundamental legal goods of the person

4- Standards and legal principles guiding the application of biomedical technologies to life

5- Bioethics and Constitutional Law

6- Bioethics and Civil Law

7 - Criminal Law and Bioethics

8- Legal framework of voluntary interruption of pregnancy

9- Legal status of the human embryo

10- Legal framework of the Human Genome

11- The Will of Advance Directives in the Portuguese legal system

12- The issue of euthanasia

13- Health Law

Mandatory literature

Marcia A. Lewis, Carol D. Tamparo; Medical Law, Ethics, & Bioethics for the Health Professions, 2012
Tom L. Beauchamp, LeRoy Walters; Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 2013
Stela Barbas; Direito ao Património Genético, Coimbra: Almedina, 2006
Nunes, R.; Testamento Vital, Coimbra: Almedina, 2011
Stela Barbas; Direito do Genoma Humano, Coimbra: Almedina, 2007

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching methodologies have different strategies: a) Theoretical Lectures: about different themes related to the Curricular Unit; b) Seminars: Prepared and guided discussion of specific themes, defined in advance, with the participation of professors and students; c) Group Work: Pedagogical activity of analysis and problem solving, orientated by the professors and actively prepared by the students; and d) Presentation of Case-Problems by the students.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	51,00
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Trabalho escrito	51,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

The Continuous Assessment is performed by the responsible professor for the group of students who attend the Curricular Unit. An assessment of the whole pedagogical process and of the evolution of each student's capacities is at stake.

Calculation formula of final grade

Evolution in the communication skills, evolution of the human relation, of the regular attendance in the Curricular Unit, of the interest and participation in the pedagogic process, and, finally, of the theoretical and practical knowledge. It is possible to make use of audio-visual techniques.