SBRI19006U Ethics in Translational Medicine I
BRIDGE - Translational Excellence Programme
The overall aim of this course is to instruct participants how to assess research ethical dilemmas in modern biomedical translational research and provide them with relevant information on ethical challenges when writing applications for ethical reviews. The course will attribute time to what is called ‘participant data’ in applications to the regional research ethics committee.
This course is the first of the two ethics courses in the BRIDGE - Translational Excellence Programme. As scientists, we are legally obliged to submit our research for evaluation and permission by the appropriate research ethics authorities, for example the Regional Research Ethics Committee. However, we are also morally obliged to reflect regularly about why, how, and on whom we are doing the research we do, what consequences that research might have, and the dilemmas it tends to sprout everywhere. The Ethics I course focuses on the first obligation of submitting research for ethical evaluation and pays only superficial attention to the latter. The latter aspect will be thoroughly covered in the Ethics II course.
This course is discussion-based and will include examples from the participants’ own projects.
The course will cover
- The basics of research ethics of studies involving human subjects and experimental animal.
- The basics of responsible conduct of science.
- A brief introduction to the structure behind the research ethics committee system.
- The basics of informed consent and written participant information.
- Research ethics of big data and genetic data used in translational research
- Writing applications to research ethics committees.
Upon completing the course, participants should be able to:
Knowledge
- Discuss research ethics implications of basic/preclinical studies involving biological data, generated as part of big data and genetic data studies.
- Discuss research ethics implications of basic/preclinical studies involving experimental animals.
Skills
- Communicate research ethics issues related to big data and translational studies in a balanced and accessible manner.
- Writing applications to research ethics committees.
Competences
- Critically assess and discuss complex ethical issues particularly pertaining to informed consent and applications to research ethics committees, including what might cause a research ethics committee not to approve an application.
Course literature will be published on Absalon.
The course will end with an evaluation where participants must reflect on course learning outcomes and give feedback for course development.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 6
- Preparation
- 8
- Exercises
- 6
- Total
- 20
The BRIDGE – Translational Excellence Programme offers a few selected graduated PhDs a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in translational medicine. This course is only available to the fellows enrolled in the programme. Fellows are automatically enrolled in this course upon admission to the programme.
For further information about the programme, please go to the website: www.bridge.ku.dk
- Credit
- 0 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Continuous assessmentRequirement to attend classes
- Type of assessment details
- Attendance and active participation including 1 home assignment on day 1 to be presented in class on day 2.
- Exam registration requirements
Participants are automatically registered for the examination upon admission to the BRIDGE - Translational Excellence Programme.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Criteria for exam assesment
Active contribution and course participation according to the BRIDGE Guidelines and Practicalities.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- SBRI19006U
- Credit
- 0 ECTS
- Level
- Part Time MasterPh.D.
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- See course dates and course programme in Absalon.
- Course capacity
- 15 participants
Study board
- Study Board for the Professionel Master´s Degree Programmes at The Faculty og Health and Medical Science
Contracting department
- Department of Public Health
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Course Coordinators
- Mette Nordahl Svendsen (mesv@sund.ku.dk)
- Jeanette Bresson Ladegaard Knox (knox@sund.ku.dk)