Ethics-Bioethics

Course Information
TitleΗθική-Βιοηθική / Ethics-Bioethics
CodeΤΙΜΙΒ009
FacultyHealth Sciences
SchoolMedicine
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorFotios Chatzinikolaou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600020259

Programme of Study: PPS Forensic Medicine-Forensic Psychiatry (2020-today)

Registered students: 45
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
CoreCompulsory Course114

Class Information
Academic Year2024 – 2025
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours2
Total Hours15
Class ID
600245930
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Distance learning
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
To understand and be able to manage issues related to: - Autonomy and informed consent - Reproductive Bioethics - Ethical issues at the end of human life - The doctor-patient relationship and factors that affect it - Stigma of mental disorders - Psychiatric ethics
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Aristotelian ethics and bioethics in Forensic Medicine - Forensic Psychiatry, stigma of Mental Disorders, general principles of medical ethics and ethics, classical and contemporary approaches to psychiatric ethics, development of psychiatric ethics (modern codes of medical ethics-psychiatric ethics, specific aspects of psychiatric ethics).
Educational Material Types
  • Video lectures
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Distance education through the use of the Zoom application Laboratory training with video projection Communication via email, e-learning Assessment through electronic registration at https://qa.auth.gr/
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures602.4
Seminars200.8
Written assigments100.4
Exams100.4
Total1004
Student Assessment
Description
For the final evaluation and grading of postgraduate students in the courses, the following factors are taken into consideration: a) distance learning / physical attendance in the classes. b) Performance in an assessment judged by the instructor, either in oral or written exams, a research paper, or a combination of the above. The grading scale for assessing the performance of postgraduate students is defined from zero to ten as follows: Excellent (8.5 - 10), Very Good (7 - 8), Good (6 - 6.5). A passing grade in the exams of the Postgraduate Program and the thesis is set at equal to or greater than 6.
Student Assessment methods
  • Oral Exams (Formative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Ιατρικό Δίκαιο: Στοιχεία Βιοηθικής, Πολυχρόνης Βούλτσος, Δημήτριος Ψαρούλης, University Studio Press, 2021 ΗΘΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΔΕΟΝΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΨΥΧΙΚΗ ΥΓΕΙΑ, Αθανάσιος Δουζένης, Ελευθέριος Λύκουρας, εκδόσεις ΒΗΤΑ, 2019 Βιοηθική Αρχαία θέματα σε σύγχρονους προβληματισμούς, Julia E. Annas, εκδόσεις Τραυλός
Last Update
08-11-2023