Overview
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.
About this paper
| Paper title | Health Research Ethics |
|---|---|
| Subject | Bioethics |
| EFTS | 0.125 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (Distance learning) |
| Delivery mode | The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught and assessed remotely |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,249.13 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Eligibility
Entry to Bioethics postgraduate papers assumes that the student has completed an undergraduate degree or has completed BITC 301 Bioethics or a 300-level paper in a related subject (e.g. in Philosophy, Politics, Law, Health Sciences or Life Sciences).
- 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
- Teaching Arrangements
The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught remotely.
The eight audiovisual seminars and lectures for BITC 406 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
- Assessment details
Four assignments (100%)
Overview
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.
About this paper
| Paper title | Health Research Ethics |
|---|---|
| Subject | Bioethics |
| EFTS | 0.125 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (Distance learning) |
| Delivery mode | The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught and assessed remotely |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Eligibility
Entry to Bioethics postgraduate papers assumes that the student has completed an undergraduate degree or has completed BITC 301 Bioethics or a 300-level paper in a related subject (e.g. in Philosophy, Politics, Law, Health Sciences or Life Sciences).
- Contact
- neil.pickering@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching staff
Convener and Lecturer: 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
- Teaching Arrangements
The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught remotely.
The eight audiovisual seminars and lectures for BITC 406 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
- Assessment details
Four assignments (100%)