Course in Bioethics, online
August 26, 2019 10:18 AM Subscribe
What are my options for taking a course in bioethics that can help me think better?
When I was studying to work in medicine (A.S. in Respiratory Care) I took a course in bioethics. Three decades later what I learned in that course keeps coming up. Specifically: structured framework for evaluating situations; evaluating harm and risk; human dignity and choice; respecting value traditions; understanding intent.
"Bio" for me means "medical" rather than "biotech"-- future technology implications / human-machine interface / more notional and futuristic is fine. My core interest is in issues that occur day in day out: evaluating treatment risk, ethics of abortion care, public health and ethics, treatment of the death and dying, informed consent, sorting through right to die issues, medical triage, medical privacy and disclosure rules, etc.
What courses online would be good for this? Interactive coursework (like, a teacher and graded work - are there categories of online course?) - I think I want that, but non-interactive would be welcome if they put an emphasis on thinking through situations in a structured way.
When I was studying to work in medicine (A.S. in Respiratory Care) I took a course in bioethics. Three decades later what I learned in that course keeps coming up. Specifically: structured framework for evaluating situations; evaluating harm and risk; human dignity and choice; respecting value traditions; understanding intent.
"Bio" for me means "medical" rather than "biotech"-- future technology implications / human-machine interface / more notional and futuristic is fine. My core interest is in issues that occur day in day out: evaluating treatment risk, ethics of abortion care, public health and ethics, treatment of the death and dying, informed consent, sorting through right to die issues, medical triage, medical privacy and disclosure rules, etc.
What courses online would be good for this? Interactive coursework (like, a teacher and graded work - are there categories of online course?) - I think I want that, but non-interactive would be welcome if they put an emphasis on thinking through situations in a structured way.
Best answer: EdX Georgetown has a free online course in bioethics. I went through the first few weeks and found it very interesting, but as is all too typical for me, I was distracted by something shiny.
posted by zeusianfog at 4:35 PM on August 26, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by zeusianfog at 4:35 PM on August 26, 2019 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: I started the edX course zeusianfog. I'll start there but am still super open to other options.
posted by artlung at 3:15 PM on August 27, 2019
posted by artlung at 3:15 PM on August 27, 2019
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Hopkins' other online bioethics oriented courses are at https://bioethics.jhu.edu/education-training/online-learning/ and their certificate programs are at https://www.jhsph.edu/academics/certificate-programs/ The bioethics-specific one requires you be a Hopkins student but the others may be of interest to you and should have ethical components.
I only looked at Johns Hopkins so there may be others.
posted by beaning at 3:02 PM on August 26, 2019 [1 favorite]