Basic ethical aspects of health research on humans: questions arising in research from conception, design and conduct, to dissemination of research results; the role and challenges of ethical review of research; Māori in research; and research in vulnerable populations.
| Paper title | Health Research Ethics |
|---|---|
| Paper code | BITC406 |
| Subject | Bioethics |
| EFTS | 0.125 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 1 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,081.38 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- BITX 406
- Limited to
- DipGrad, GDipBHL, MBHL, MHealSc, PGDipHealSc, PGCertHealSc
- Notes
- Admission requires approval from the Director of the Bioethics Centre.
- Eligibility
- Open to anyone interested in ethical issues around human health research, including researchers, health professionals, members of ethics committees - no previous qualifications in ethics or bioethics are required.
- Contact
- neil.pickering@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching staff
Convenors and Lecturers: Professor Lynley Anderson and Associate Professor Neil Pickering
- Paper Structure
The paper covers questions arising in research from:
- Conception, design and conduct to dissemination of research results.
- The role and challenges of ethical review of research.
- Māori in research.
- Research in vulnerable populations.
Assessment: Four assignments (100%)
- Teaching Arrangements
The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught remotely.
The eight audiovisual seminars and lectures for BITC406 are AV-linked.
- Textbooks
- Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Critical thinking,
Ethics, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will:
- Be able to describe and analyse the ethical dimensions of research practice and have a practical knowledge of how to apply these in research practice.
- Be sensitive to particular ethical issues arising out of research design, research method and proposed participants.
- Understand the ethical notions commonly utilised in the analysis of ethical issues in health research (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice) and how these are applied in practice (informed consent, confidentiality etc).
- Describe the history and development of ethical review with examples from the New Zealand context.
- Understand and be able to describe the structure and process of ethical review in New Zealand.
- Describe and critically analyse the basic justifications for carrying out health research and for study design and choice of method.
- Describe and critically analyse the ethical issues inherent in differing research methodologies.
- Describe and critically analyse the ethical considerations of research with Māori and other indigenous populations.
- Describe and critically analyse the ethical considerations of research on vulnerable populations, children, migrants, psychiatric patients, etc.
- Describe and critically analyse the duties of the researcher to the research environment and the participants of research.
