Ethics II

Scholar Year: 2019/2020

Courses

Head Teacher Responsability Lucília Rosa Mateus Nunes Head

Weekly workload Hours/week T TP P PL TC S E EL OT TPL O OT/PL Type of classes 2 ,33 ,33 Lectures Type Teacher Classes Hours Theoretical Totals 1 2,00 Seminário Totals 1 0,33 Orientação Tutorial Totals 4 1,32

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

Develops knowledge of bioethical issues
Train reflection and discussion of bioethical issues
Examines in depth a bioethics issue
Increase skills for rational decision making in a pluralistic and transdisciplinar approach

1. Develops knowledge on bioethics
1.1. Articulates principles, theories and models
1.2. Connects with fields near to bioethical reflection
2. Explicit decision making appropriately
2.1. identifies the constituent elements of problematic situations
2.2. identifying alternatives to solve a problem
2.3. weighing up the risks and benefits with regard to solutions to be adopted
2.4. discriminates bioethical principles underlying decisions
2.5. choose between different alternativas
2.6. respect own and others values
2.7. argues on the optics of bioethical principles
3. Understands and analyzes social and organizational contexts and seeks to intervene
3.1. Distinguish and understand the European culture, national, local and organizational
3.2. Analyzes current events in the economic and political dimensions
3.3. Respects the Environment
3.4. Understand their role as citizens
4. Accountable for its actions and judgments
4.1. notices their own decision-making processes
4.2. identifies the steps of own mental process
4.3. analyze thought process for decision making
5. Examines an issue in depth
5.1. performs written work;
5.2. describes and analyzes adequately questioning
5.3. reflects confronting authors argument and expressing itself thought

Syllabus

1. Bioethics - rationale and main theoretical models. Transdisciplinary themes and bioethical issues.
3. Bioethics and the beginning of life.
4. Bioethics and the end of life.
5. The body and death. organ and tissue transplantation. Donation inter vivos and post-mortem.
5 The person and the development of biotechnologies.
6 Bioethics and mental health.
7 Experimentation on humans. Clinical trials.
8 Animal Experimentation.
9 Bioethics and public policies.

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

Syllabus supports the development of learning outcomes.
Thematic deepening is related with debate e bioethical questioning.

Teaching methodologies

Expository, participatory and reflective. Dynamic research and reflection
Research and development of individual and group work.

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

The methodologies, recurring to lectures, movies, work groups, are centered in students development and, because themes gather interest, are about reflection supervision and facilitate the arguments are con-arguments in the discourse.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

Continuous:
1. Working groups analysis of opinions. Placement on the platform.
Presentation and discussion sessions Semester. Weighting 35%.
2. Individual or small group (maximum two students) analysis of a theme - using literature review and the scientific article format. Theme chosen from the contents of the UC.
Delivered in electronic format, via Moodle. Weighting 65%.

Exam:
individual work with oral discussion

Attendance system

ESS academic regulation

Software

Office - word, powerpoint

Keywords

Health sciences > Ethics in health sciences

Mandatory Bibliography

Observations

Specific supports are in Moodle platform (papers, links).
Also in Moodle platform file with planning (contents/activities of each classroom)