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Bioethics in Practice (POPH90270)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject introduces students to ethical decision-making, with a focus on health. It explores ethical issues in public health and clinical care, in both Australian and global contexts.
Students will be introduced to frameworks for making rigorous ethical decisions in practice, and learn skills for analysing ethical problems across diverse types of health work and in interprofessional groups.
Topics include: vaccination, voluntary assisted dying, pandemic ethics, donor conception, selective reproduction, and resource allocation.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Describe the process of ethical analysis in practice
- Reflectively identify and challenge moral intuitions
- Critically appraise normative bioethics literature
- Outline key concepts and frameworks in health ethics
- Use these concepts and approaches to perform an ethical analysis
Generic skills
- Application of theoretical concepts to practical problems
- Critical and creative thinking
- Reflective practice
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Critical analysis of literature
| Week 5 | 40% |
Case Analysis
| Week 10 | 30% |
Reflective Essay
| During the examination period | 30% |
Hurdle requirement: Attendance at a minimum of 80% of tutorials is required to pass this subject | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Rosalind McDougall Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 Semester 1 contact information
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Public Health Informal specialisation Health, Gender and Society - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024