Module PS4610-KP06

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

6

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master MLS 2016, compulsory, interdisciplinary competence
• Master Molecular Life Science 2023, compulsory, interdisciplinary competence
• Master MLS 2018, compulsory, interdisciplinary competence
• Master MLS 2009, compulsory, interdisciplinary competence
• Master Infection Biology 2012, compulsory, Interdisciplinary modules

Classes and lectures:

• PS4610-S: Scientific Writing (seminar and project work, 2 SWS)
• PS4620-S Ethics in the Life Sciences (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 120 hours private studies
• 60 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Societal and ethical implications of research in biomedical sciences and technologies
• Basics of philosophy and sociology of science.
• Good scientific practice
• Basics of bioethics: duties of investigators, obligations to colleagues.
• Ethics of human subjects research and animal experiments, environmental ethics. Governance of technology, risk assessement
• Neuroethics
• Ethics of AI and robotics
• Fundamentals of ethics: basic terms, concepts, aspects of metaethics.
• Basic issues of research ethics and cases from recent debates
• Publication of scientific studies, including structuring and writing of a scientific article, scientific journals and their procedures
• Design of scientific studies from an ethical and statistical viewpoint, ethical approval for animal and human studies
• Peer review process, including critical analysis of publications and studies, post publication peer review
• Scientific misconduct, the legal framework of research, good scientific practice, retractions
• Different forms of scientific writing, including poster and power point presentations or grant applications

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• You will be able to explain the methodology of the natural sciences in terms of their philosophy of science and theories of science
• You can recognize ethical dimensions of practice and deciding
• You can understand the rules of Good Scientific Practice (GSP) of the University of Lübeck and of the DFG-guidelines and the relevant laws in Germany and abroad.
• You can participate in current discussions in bioethics and research ethics
• You can reflect on ethical dimensions of biomedical sciences
• You can write a structured ethics paper about a self-chosen topic
• The students will be able to critically assess the design of scientific studies, including the ethical, statistical and legal framework
• They can critically assess published work of other authors and discuss the scientific content.
• They can assemble data for a scientific publication and draft the written framework for such a manuscript.

Grading through:

• Essay, talk and written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. phil. Christoph Rehmann-Sutter

Teacher:

• Institute for Experimental Endocrinology
• Institute for History of Medicine and Science Studies
• Prof. Dr. phil. Christoph Rehmann-Sutter
• Prof. Dr. phil Christina Schües
• Prof. Dr. med. Cornelius Borck
• Dr. phil. Frank Wörler
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jens Mittag

Literature:

• Urban Wiesing (Hg.) : Ethik in der Medizin. Ein Studienbuch. Stuttgart: Reclam 5. Aufl. 2020
• Ben Mepham : Bioethics. An Introduction for the Biosciences Oxford: Oxford University Press 2008, 2nd ed
• Jennifer A. Parks, Victoria S. Wike : Bioethics in a Changing World Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2010

Language:

• offered only in English

Notes:

Last Updated:

15.03.2023