Ethics and privacy in health
| Title | Δεοντολογία και προστασία της ιδιωτικής ζωής στην υγεία / Ethics and privacy in health |
| Code | OS06 |
| Faculty | Health Sciences |
| School | Medicine |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Panagiotis Bamidis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024790 |
Programme of Study: Joint PPS "Managing Digital Transformation in the Health Sector" (2024-today)
Registered students: 27
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Elective Courses | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600256599
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600256599
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.digihealthedu.eu/course/view.php?id=17
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
LO1: Understand the philosophical and theoretical foundations of ethics in the health field.
LO2: Acquire knowledge of specific ethical indicators and frameworks in the health field.
LO3: Develop skills for analysing and resolving ethical dilemmas in the healthcare field.
LO4: Understand the principles and ethical practices of scientific research involving human subjects in the health field.
LO5: Understand and apply regulatory frameworks for privacy and data protection in the health field, particularly the GDPR.
LO6: Analyse the ethical implications of emerging technologies and innovations in the healthcare field, such as artificial intelligence, data science, and robotics.
LO7: Develop critical and ethical thinking skills to address ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions in complex situations in the healthcare field.
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 in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Respect natural environment
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
PC1: Ethics in the health field
–Ethics, conduct and integrity in the health field.
–Ethical theories and moral decision-making: virtue ethics, utilitarian theories, deontological theories, the principles approach in the health field.
–Ethical issues and dilemmas in the health field.
–Codes of ethics, conduct and the responsibilities of healthcare professionals.
PC2: Ethics and research in the health field
–Research involving human subjects: the Belmont report; the WMA declaration of Helsinki; principles and practical orientations.
–Clinical trials regulation in the European Union and Portugal.
PC 3: Privacy and data protection in the health field
–The GDPR: principles, definitions, lawfulness of processing, special categories of personal data, data subject rights.
–Data processing for the purpose of health and safety and data processing in scientific research.
–Anonymisation and pseudonymisation techniques.
PC4: Ethical issues of digitalization, data science and AI in the health field.
PC5: Digital health policies in Portugal and in the European Union.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Podcast
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 21 | 0.8 | ✓ | ||
| Project | 20 | 0.8 | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 70 | 2.8 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 150 | 6 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Report (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
A Preliminary Opinion on data protection and scientific research, The European Data Protection Supervisor, 2020. https://edps.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publication/20-01-06_opinion_research_en.pdf.
Principles of Biomedical Ethics (7th edition); Tom L. Beauchamp e James F. Childress; Oxford University Press, 2013.
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of The Council Laying Down Harmonised Rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence act) and Amending Certain Union Legislative Acts, 2021, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PT/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021PC0206.
The EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space, 2022.
The handbook on European Data Protection Law, edited by The Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), 2018.
Last Update
12-07-2024
