Bioethical Issues & IRB Skills

Catalog description

This course explores issues about ethics, ethical reflection, and case studies that apply ethical principles and moral reflection to health care research using human participants. This course goes beyond the subjects at an introductory level and facilitates the development of independent effort in the resolution of ethical dilemmas. Moreover, students will gain knowledge about federal regulations and key documents that guide human subjects research in the U.S. and globally. Given that the students enrolled in the course provide a diversity of experience and career focus, the course will develop several lines of thought. There will be issues relate directly to the ethical aspects of research design, recruitment, and enrollment of subjects into projects. The course will use a textbook and case studies as vehicles to deepen understanding and perspectives about the use of human participants. The course includes special topics like confidentiality, decision-making, informed consent, using confidential information in research, and requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).