Overview
Complex and controversial areas of research theory and practice, including the use of deception, research involving animals, longitudinal research, healthy volunteer research studies, genetic research.
About this paper
| Paper title | Advanced Health Research Ethics |
|---|---|
| Subject | Bioethics |
| EFTS | 0.125 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,178.38 |
| 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
Eight modules.
- Teaching Arrangements
The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught remotely.
The seminars and lectures for BITC 407 are AV-linked.
- Textbooks
- Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will be able to:
- Describe and critically analyse ethical complexities and controversial aspects of research theory and practice
- Be sensitive to the way in which ethical complexities and controversies arise as a result of the multiple aspects of the context of research theory and practice
- Describe and critically analyse some of the ethically controversial and complex aspects of health research
- Describe and critically analyse the ethical issues arising from the research context
- Describe and critically analyse the ethical considerations of research in new and emerging health technologies (e.g. genetics), specific non-technological areas of research (eg longitudinal research) and psychological research
- Describe and critically analyse situations where regular ethical expectations are difficult to achieve: where the participant may be paid; where there is deception in research
- Describe and critically analyse some of the conflicts inherent in health research in clinical areas (eg multiple roles as healthcare provider and researcher)
- Describe and critically analyse the ethical issues associated with research on animals
- Assessment details
Two coursework essays