APG5617 - Human research ethics - 2017

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Monash Bioethics Centre

Coordinator(s)

Professor Michael Selgelid

Not offered in 2017

Synopsis

This unit focuses on the full range of ethical issues that arise in research involving humans, including medical, scientific and social research. It covers topics such as acceptable and unacceptable risks to research participants, conflicts of interest, informed consent and waiver of consent, surrogate decision making, biobanks, commercialization of medical and scientific research, and research conducted on vulnerable people. Throughout the unit use will be made of case studies, ethical frameworks and principles, and the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research. Participants will have ample opportunity to discuss their own experiences with human research ethics.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the unit students will be able to:

  1. obtain a comprehensive grasp of the full range of ethical issues that can arise with research involving humans;
  2. understand the ethical frameworks and principles relevant to human research;
  3. use ethical principles and reasoning to arrive at well-argued conclusions about particular ethical dilemmas in human research;
  4. obtain a good understanding of international guidelines on human research ethics;
  5. critically engage with the bioethical literature around the ethics of research involving humans and construct arguments for novel conclusions in relation to that literature.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Co-requisites

APG4393, APG5393 or equivalent

Prohibitions

APR5617

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