MED:8416-0400 (medical students)    MED:5416:0100 (for graduate students)
 

A 3-credit course open to medical students, other health sciences students, and graduate students throughout the University of Iowa.

Meeting times: Tuesdays from 4:30-6:30 PM during the Fall Semester
Location:  online 

Course Director:  Lauris Kaldjian, MD, PhD
Course Coordinator:  Laura Shinkunas

Description:

In this 15-week, reading-intensive course, students review major ethical traditions, ideas, and frameworks that have shaped contemporary approaches to healthcare ethics in morally pluralistic Western cultures.  Topics include four prominent frameworks in healthcare ethics (virtue-based, principle-based, circumstance-based, and consequence-based) that emphasize four aspects of ethical decision making (agent, action, context, outcome). Through written reflections, weekly class discussions, and a final paper, students engage ethical concepts, translating from ethical theory to ethical practice by applying foundational beliefs and values to concrete challenges in clinical practice. 

If you have any questions about the c ourse, please feel free to contact Dr. Kaldjian (lauris-kaldjian@uiowa.edu).