Cipher: | 1118 |
Nomenclature: | Ethics in biosciences |
Study programme: | Molecular biosciences |
Module: | elective course (methodological) |
Case holder: | Ex. prof.dr.sc. Ivica Kelam |
Institution of the case holder: | (HL) Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, JJ Strossmayer University in Osijek |
Contributors - Contractors: | |
Subject status: | Electoral College |
The year in which the case is submitted: | Year I |
The semester in which the case is submitted: | Semester I |
Subject objective: | To independent students for critical thinking and to conduct a reasoned discussion about ethical principles and norms in scientific research and to understand the relationship between bioethics and biosciences. |
Case contents: | Ethical principles in experimental research. Ethical attitude towards the environment – disposal of experimental waste. Ethical norms in the behavior of researchers: of the same rank, senior – young researchers (phD students, postdoctoral students). Ethics in writing publications. Plagiarized share checks: mechanical (computer programs), settings, chapters of scientific work in which syntagms, descriptions and sources are necessarily repeated, titles-sentences (M&M, List of cited references), Principle of caution, Violation of ethical norms in scientific research, Relationship of values and technology, Moral and ethical dilemmas in scientific research, Bioethics, Relationship between bioethics and biosciences |
Learning outcomes: competences, knowledge, skills that the subject develops: | 1. Review the ethical controversy in some experimental studies. |
ECTS Credits | 6 |
Lectures | 20 |
Seminars (IS) | 5 |
Exercises (E) | 10 |
Altogether | 35 |
The way of teaching and acquiring knowledge: | 1. Attend lectures and actively participate in discussions. |
Ways of teaching and acquiring knowledge: (notes) | |
Monitoring and evaluating students (mark in fat printing only relevant categories) | Attendance, Teaching activities, Mandatory seminar work |
Rating method: | Oral exam, Essay/Seminar, Continuous examination of knowledge in the course of teaching |
Mandatory literature: | 1. I. Kelam: Genetically modified crops as a bioethical problem (Parchmenta/Higher Evade Theological College, Zagreb/Osijek, 2015) |
Supplementary (recommended) literature: | 1. T. Furrier: Knowledge and destruction. Integrative bioethics and environmental problems (Pergamena/Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, 2011) |
How to monitor the quality and performance performance (evaluation): | The success of the course will be evaluated annually by the joint expert committee of the Ruđer Boskovic Institute, the University of Dubrovnik and the University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek based on exam success and surveys. |