MEDICAL ETHICS COURSE OUTLINE

Instructor: Maha Arafat

Course Code: BMS 234Credit hours: 2Contact hours: 2

COURSE OUTCOMES:

On completing the course, students should:• Know and understand the Oath and codes of

Medical Ethics and know about the institutions that issued these codes and ethics like World Medical Association (WMA) or others.

• Comprehend well the main Morals of a Physician and how they affect the well-being and good health of the patient.

• Be able to differentiate between Ethics, Rights of human beings, Law, and how they relate to each other.

• Comprehend and apply the duties of Physicians towards their patients, community, colleagues, profession, and themselves.

• Know how to document all the data and information and keep confidentiality of the patient.

• Know and comprehend all rules and regulations and ,violations when making any decision regarding the patient's case.

• Know and comprehend all rules, regulations and , violations of either engaging and participating in a research or interpreting and applying the results of a research to the patients.

Text material:

All Lectures Will be on the website as power point showCourse content:• Introduction to Medical Ethics• Morals and characters of profession• Physician duties Towards his patients• Physician duties towards his society

• Physician duties towards his colleagues• Physician duties towards himself • Physician duties towards his profession• Dealing with terminally ill patients• Documentation and authentication• Conducting Biomedical researches

 

Assignments and evaluation:

1. Two exams and the final

2. A project

3. Case studies To be discussed in class

Grading:

• 20% for the first exam• 20% for the second exam• 10% for the project• 10 % for the take home exam• 40% for the final exam

References and Text book:

World Medical Association, Medical Ethics Manual, 2nd Edition 2009