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No |
Course title |
Title and short description of course |
Lecture hours |
Practical |
Units |
Remarks |
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1. |
BTH 701 –
Foundations of modern bioethics |
Definition
of health and disease. History of
bioethics. Foundations of ethical
thinking. Utilitarianism. Deontology.
Characterology. Social contract theory.
Feminist approach to bioethics and
virtue ethics. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Compulsory |
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2. |
BTH 702 –
Introduction to philosophy for bioethics |
Philosophy
and the meaning of life. History of
philosophy. Principles of logic.
Theories of knowledge, justice and
equity. Concepts of moral behavior.
Freedom and Constraint. Rights and
Duties. Hermeneutics and critical
thinking. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Compulsory |
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3.
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BTH 703
–Research Designs |
Principles
of evaluations and types of project
evaluation. Basic principles of
qualitative, quantitative and mixed
research design and methodology, and
their evaluation. Role and organization
of Data Safety Monitoring Boards |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Compulsory |
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4. |
BTH 704 –
Informed consent and Management of
Research Ethics Committees |
Historical
and contemporary foundations of research
ethics and regulations. Elements of and
Justification for Informed consent.
Challenges to Informed Consent.
Composition and management of Research
Ethics Committees |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Compulsory |
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5. |
BTH 705 –
Culture, Religion and Ethics |
Comparative
ethics. Religion and moral motivation.
Reason and Faith in Bioethics. African
Traditional Religions and Health. Islam
and Bioethics. Christianity and
Bioethics. African Traditional Religions
and Bioethics. Religions, Women’s Health
and Gender Issues in culture. Moral
relativism and absolutism. Decision
making, autonomy and respect. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Required |
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6. |
BTH 706 –
Qualitative research methods |
Traditions
of Qualitative Research. Phenomenology.
Case studies. Ethnography. Grounded
Theory. In-depth interviews. Data
collection and analysis. Use of mixed
methods in social and behavioral
research. Computer methods in
qualitative research. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Required |
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7.
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BTH 707 –
Quantitative research methods |
Epidemiological data sources and
measurements. Types of data and measures
of dispersion. Introduction to
probability theory. Types of error,
power and sample size calculations.
Categorical and continuous data
analysis. Time to event analysis and
other types of regression modelling.
Computer methods in data analysis. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Required |
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8. |
BTH 708 –
Teaching and Writing Methods in
Bioethics |
Parts of a
report/paper. Use of graphics for
effective communication. Style. Use of
PubMed, Google®, Yahoo® and other search
engines and Citation managers in
Bioethics. How to get published.
Response to reviews and criticisms. Use
of presentation software. Editing and
Proof reading manuscripts. Teaching
Effectiveness. Evaluation of teaching
effectiveness. Use of Narratives and
Case Discussions in Teaching Bioethics.. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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9. |
BTH 709 – Health law and Bioethics |
Introduction to Law – legal system and
judiciary. Contract/torts law. Legal
liability. Legal issues in Health and
Illness; Death and Dying; Insanity;
Torture; Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
Legal aspects of ethical
principles/frameworks/codes. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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10. |
BTH 710 –
Ethics and Research Integrity |
Collaboration, Data sharing and
Mentoring. Plagiarism and Deviant
behaviour in Research. Conflicts of
interest. Scientific objectivity.
Industry and Academia Collaboration.
Equity, Justice and Power in
International Collaborations. Fostering
integrity in Institutions and Research.
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30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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11. |
BTH 711 – Human rights, law and
bioethics |
Human rights and responsibilities. Human
right and public health. Religion,
ethics, culture and rights in plural
societies. The rights of the “Other”
Global equity and justice. Gender rights
and sex-based violence. Ethics of civil
disturbances, urban violence and war. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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12. |
BTH 712 – Environmental ethics
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Intergenerational and interspecific
issues in bioethics. Environment as a
determinant of health and disease.
Environmental contamination and
degradation. Environmental justice.
Distributive justice. Animal rights.
Occupational environmental ethics.
Feminist approach to environmental
ethics. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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13. |
BTH 713 – Clinical bioethics |
Hospital
ethics committees. Organization of
hospital ethics committees. General
principles of hospital management and
organization. Legal aspects of clinical
ethics. Health care provider-patient
relationship. Medical errors and Truth
telling. Do Not Resuscitate Orders.
Surrogate Decision Making. Ethics of
Resource Allocation.
Death, dying, palliative care and
euthanasia. Decisional Incapacity.
Professional Ethics in the Health Care
Sector. Ethical issues in terminal care.
AIDS and malignancy. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
14. |
BTH 714 –
Ethics of International Collaborative
Research |
History of
International Collaborative research.
Ethical controversies in International
Collaborative Research. Research in
Orphan Diseases. Contemporary challenges
to regulation of international research.
Harmonization of International Research
Ethics Codes. Role and Limitations of
Institutions Review and Ethics Review
Boards in International Research Ethics.
Public Private Partnerships in
International Research. The role of
Internation Funding Agencies like Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation, World
Bank, WHO in setting international
research agenda. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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15. |
BTH 715 – Ethics of research in children |
Definition of children in different
jurisdictions. Cognitive development and
decisional capacity. Altruism, consent
and assent in children’s research.
Regulations governing the participation
of children in research. Inducement and
compensation in children’s research.
Parental refusal of care. Access to care
and resource allocation in children’s
health care and research. Clinical
ethics in children’s research. Ethical
issues in congenital anomalies. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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16. |
BTH 716 – Ethics of community based
research |
Definition of community. Community
Mobilization/Engagement. Community
Advisory Groups – constitution,
management and authority. Community
compensation and Benefit. Community
based ethics review committees.
Dissemination of research results to
communities. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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17. |
BTH 717 – Bioethics and biotechnology |
Biotechnology and Nanotechnology.
Ethical implications of biotechnology
and nanotechnology for developing world.
Human cloning, Face transplants,
Xenotransplantation. Genetic screening
and genetic enhancements. Ethics of New
Reproductive technologies and Tissue
Banking. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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18. |
BTH 718 – Public health ethics |
Ethical
goals of balancing individual rights and
community rights in public health
practice. Ethical interfaces of
classicism, racism, sexism etc. Communal
versus individual rights in alcoholism,
AIDS etc. Health systems reform and
research. Ethical aspects of mass
interventions, disease prevention and
health promotions. Public Health
Genomics, Ethics of Immigration and the
health of refugees and immigrants |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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19. |
BTH 719 –
Ethical issues in reproductive and
population health |
Ethics of
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, AIDS and
HIV. Ethics of development of vaccines
for infectious diseases and family
planning. Ethical, legal and social
aspects of planned parenthood. Ethical
issues in abortion, infanticide, and
cloning. Ethics of emerging infections
e.g. Ebola, West Nile virus. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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20. |
BTH 720 – Ethics of research in
vulnerable populations /mass emergencies |
Types of
vulnerable populations - students,
prisoners, women, pregnant women,
terminally ill individuals, and victims.
Health and social problems of vulnerable
populations. Ethical aspects of research
among vulnerable populations. Ethics of
research during complex humanitarian
emergencies, The role of ethics
committees in protecting vulnerable
populations |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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21. |
BTH 721 – Ethics and social and
behavioral research |
Concept of
minimal risk research. Ethical aspects
of mental and behavioural research.
Eugenics movement in history.
Discrimination and Medical Research.
Legal and ethical issues in behavioural
testing. Competency and custodial rights
in mental health research. Ethics of
genetic studies of mental health and
behaviour. Ethics of
institutionalization and community based
management of mental illness. Ethics of
social and behavioural research in
children |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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22. |
BTH 722 –
Principles
of negotiation and conflict resolution |
Types of
conflict. Sources of conflict, Conflict
escalation and de-escalation. Conflict
with Ethics Committees, Research
Participants, Communities and Funding
Agencies. Effective Communication
Skills. Effective Listening Skills.
Strategic Negotiation. Emotional
Intelligence. |
30 |
45 |
3 |
Elective |
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23. |
BTH 777 – Research project |
Students
will be required to carry out
independent research in an area of
specialization and present a detailed
report to the Department for assessment |
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6 |
Compulsory |
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