HACETTEPE UNIVERSITYHACETTEPE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FACULTY OF MEDICINEMEDICINE CONTINUOUS ETHICS CONTINUOUS ETHICS

EDUCATION EDUCATION PROGRAMPROGRAM

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ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES OF THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES OF THE

STUDENTSSTUDENTS MedicineMedicine PharmacyPharmacy DentistryDentistry NursingNursing Health AdministrationHealth Administration Health TechnologyHealth Technology Health ServicesHealth Services Physical Therapy & RehabilitionPhysical Therapy & Rehabilition Social workSocial work Healthcare ProfessHealthcare Professiionalsonals

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This course is designed for clinicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, chaplains, social workers, hospital and clinic administrators, and others involved in patient care, plus ethics educators and other individuals interested in clinical ethics issues.

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Number Of Students:Number Of Students: 40-60 40-60 Total Teaching Hours Distribution In Total Teaching Hours Distribution In

LecturesLectures : 16 Hours: 16 Hours The Course The Course iiss Optional Optional BBioethics teaching is incorporated into the ioethics teaching is incorporated into the

Continuous Education Program, and it covers Continuous Education Program, and it covers 80 80% % of the total program of the total program

EducatEducatiional Objectonal Objectiivesves: : awareness of normative awareness of normative dimensionsdimensions, , moral sensitivitymoral sensitivity, , identification of identification of moral issuesmoral issues, , knowledge/informationknowledge/information, , understanding/explainingunderstanding/explaining,, analysis /reasoning analysis /reasoning,, justification /argumentationjustification /argumentation

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PROGRAMME / SYLLABUSPROGRAMME / SYLLABUS

The purpose of this programThe purpose of this program is to teach the is to teach the skills necessary for the health workers to skills necessary for the health workers to identify, analyze and resolve ethical identify, analyze and resolve ethical problems in patient care situations, and problems in patient care situations, and choose among the options that can be done choose among the options that can be done and those that ought to be done, for a given and those that ought to be done, for a given patient in a given clinical setting. We will  patient in a given clinical setting. We will  help the health workers gain insight into help the health workers gain insight into the patient-physician relationship from the the patient-physician relationship from the patient's perspective as well as the patient's perspective as well as the physician's. physician's.

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COURSE OBJECTIVESCOURSE OBJECTIVES

Identify moral dilemmas as they arise in Identify moral dilemmas as they arise in clinical scenarios.clinical scenarios.

  Articulate these dilemmas in terms of Articulate these dilemmas in terms of conflicting ethical concerns and norms, conflicting ethical concerns and norms, includingincludingethical values (respect, trust, honesty, ethical values (respect, trust, honesty, etc.) and principles (e.g., autonomy, etc.) and principles (e.g., autonomy, justice).justice).

  Explore and evaluate alternative solutions Explore and evaluate alternative solutions to given moral problems.to given moral problems.

  Defend the solution that decide is bestDefend the solution that decide is best. .