Module Details

Bioethics

MS0300

Course
Bioethics
Code
MS0300
Academic Year
2023/2024
Curriculum Year
2021/2022
Degree Programme
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Curriculum
000 - CORSO GENERICO
Course coordinator
Lecturers
Credits
1
Lecture Hours
12
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-FIL/02 - Logic and Philosophy of Science
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OBB - Obbligatoria
Year
3
Teaching period
Secondo Semestre
Campus
NOVARA
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents
The course aims to provide students with insights on bioethical topics of interest for the exercise of the profession
Reference Texts
Storie di persone, voci di infermieri. McGrawHill, 2020
Narrare la violenza. Cultura, cura e clinica” a cura di Fantauzzi A., Giovanni Fioriti Editore s.r.l, Roma, 202073. GINO S., CAENAZZO L., La violenza sulle donne. Definizioni e caratteristiche di un fenomeno globale, Piccin Nuova Libraria S.p.A., Padova, 2019
Learning Outcomes
Provide the basic principles of ethics, bioethics and ethics of interest for the exercise of the profession.
Prerequisites
No one
Teaching Methods
Frontal lectures with slides and individual / group study on
topics of interest for students and for the pursuit of the profession to be presented orally at the end of the course.
Assessment Methods
The learning assessment will consist of two different moments:
- the oral presentation of the issue chosen for the study;
- written test (multiple choice tests) on the following issues: informed consent, professional secrecy, gender violence
Detailed Syllabus
Bioethics - The Code of Conduct
Informed consent and mandatory health treatments
The right to privacy
Rehabilitation treatments and bioethics - Containment
Early life bioethics (Law 194/78 - Law 40/2004)
End of life bioethics (Ascertainment of death - Organ transplants - DAT - Palliative care - The treatment plan)
Gender violence
Expected Learning Outcomes
In order to achieve the knowledge and skills corresponding to the minimum level of sufficiency, the student is asked to demonstrate that:
(KNOWLEDGE)
- know the general principles of bioethics useful for carrying out the profession.
(SKILLS)
- knowing how to reflect on the bioethical issues of greatest interest to the healthcare professional
(TRANSVERSAL SKILLS)
- be able to present their reflections on bioethical issues and discuss with peers.
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