Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Health Care and Research Ethics
Course Code
HZK_055
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medical Services; Medicine; Pharmacy; Psychology
LQF
Level 8
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Vija Sīle
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
Acquaint doctoral students with the guidelines of modern ethics in healthcare and research and their application in practice – current challenges and possible solutions, develop ethically justified attitudes toward towards patients and colleagues, as well as other people involved in medicine and research.
Preliminary Knowledge
In Philosophy of medicine, bioethics.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Know terminology of ethics, regulatory documents related to health care and research processes, basic principles and codes of ethics.
Skills
1.Know key issues related to health care and research ethics, able to address problems, identify ethical challenges related to the context of biomedical research, analyse cases and analyse ethical issues related to the research design, evaluate the ethical arguments used in the description of biomedical research.
Competences
1.Knowledge of key issues related health care and research ethics, problem resolution, identification of ethical challenges in research, analysis of research design, evaluation of ethical arguments in the descriptions of biomedical research.
Assessment
Individual work
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An essay, choosing one topic of the list of proposed topics or, in agreement with the lecturer on the current problem of own doctoral thesis, provided that it corresponds thematically to the topics covered in the course. In the lecture of the course lecturer, which takes place in the form of a dialogue, the doctoral student gives a 5-minute presentation on the chosen topic. The doctoral student searches for literature independently. The essay is submitted one day before the examination and its minimum length is 1000 words. The aim of the essays is to develop cognitive analytical competence.
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Examination
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Assessment according to a 10-point grading system: examination (written) – 40%, independently prepared essays and their presentation – 60%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Relationship between legal and ethical aspects in medicine and research
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International and local laws and regulations
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Auditorium
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Basic principles of ethics in health care
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Rights, duties and responsibilities. Ethical monitoring system
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Basic principles of research ethics
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Auditorium
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Balancing risks and benefits in research
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topical issues in medical ethics
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Auditorium
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Topical issues in research ethics
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Konvencija par cilvēktiesību un cieņas aizsardzību bioloģijā un medicīnā - Ovjedo, 1997. (akceptējams izdevums)
2.
Pasaules Ārstu asociācijas Helsinku deklarācija - Latvijas Ārsts, 2013, Nr. 10, 5.-6.lpp. (akceptējams izdevums)
3.
Pacientu tiesību likums: LV likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 205(4191).
4.
Ašnevica, S., Gusarova, A., Lieljuksis A. u. c. 2015. Medicīnas tiesības. Rīga: Tiesu nama aģentūra
5.
Sīle, V. (sast.), Biomedicīnas ētika: teorija un prakse, 2006. Rīga, Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte. (akceptējams izdevums)
6.
Vaughn, L., Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases. 2023. 5th ed. Oxford, Oxford University Press,Suitable for English stream
7.
Research in Medical and Biological Sciences (ed. by Petter Laake). 2015. London : Academic Press.Suitable for English stream
8.
Beauchamp, T.L. and J.F. Childress. 2019. Principles of biomedical ethics, 8th ed. New York, Oxford University Press.Suitable for English stream
Additional Reading
1.
Palčeja, E. un Bankava, A. 2018. Pacientu drošība un ārstniecības personu juridiskās atbildības līkloči. Jurista Vārds. 34(1040)
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The Cambridge textbook of bioethics, editor-in-chief P.A. Singer, 2008. Cambridge; New York, Cambridge University Press.Suitable for English stream
Other Information Sources
1.
Latvijas ārstu ētikas kodekss (arstubiedriba.lv)
2.
Pētniecības ētika | BIOR