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Medical Ethics (MED_ETH)

500 Conceptual Foundations of Bioethics 3 Course Prerequisite: Admission to the Medical Ethics Certificate Program. Basic tools of moral reasoning, including basic concepts in logic (fallacies, validity, and soundness, etc.); descriptive and normative reasoning, positive and negative rights, basic approaches to morality (deontology and consequentialism, pluralism, etc.) and definitions of equality and justice.

510 Seminar in Conceptual Bioethics 3 Course Prerequisite: Admission to the Medical Ethics Certificate Program. The traditional range of bioethics topics (informed consent; surrogate decision-making; professional rights of conscience; concepts of welfare and quality of life, etc.); basic tools of moral reasoning to analyze these topics.

530 The Practice of Clinical Ethics 3 Course Prerequisite: MED ETH 500; admission to the Medical Ethics Certificate Program Core competencies for healthcare ethics consultation and the skills, knowledge, and background necessary for the effective application of ethics to clinical cases; classic cases that have formed the cannon for bioethics, skills in negotiation, and conflict resolution, as well as communication, note taking and charting skills.

540 Seminar in Clinical Ethics: Methods, Process, Skills & Traits 3 Course Prerequisite: Admission to the Medical Ethics Certificate Program. Investigates the history of clinical ethics including the evolution of medical ethics committees; introduction to significant medical legislation and the canon of case law in clinical ethics; moral reasoning, mediation, and negotiation skills will be honed around sensitive, often controversial issues; several opportunities offered to practice core sills and culminates in a clinical ethics simulation.