Degree | Type | Year |
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Medicine | OB | 2 |
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In order to take this subject it is advisable for the student to keep in mind the principles of human rights and universal ethics, especially those on which the principles of medical ethics and medical deontology are based.
The general goal of the course is to provide students with a humane and ethical perspective in their future professional activity. Towards this end, we will be reflecting on the challenges and problems derived from biomedical progress, including its impact on society and its value system
The subject is scheduled in the second year of the Degree in Medicine and will be one of the first contacts with the clinical, human and psychological aspects of the disease. That’s why it is, too, especially focused on the most appropriate communication with the patient to facilitate shared decision-making.
Classroom practices offer a collective discussion on ethical conflicts in small groups, promoting respect and dialogue as basic tools, and cornerstones, for the person-centered-care and the resolution of any type of conflicts (including those of values).
Theoretical classes program
1. Background and general principles of Bioethics.
2. Healthcare Ethics Committees in hospitals
3. Patient co-responsibility in medical decisions. Informed consent. Advance directives. Advance decision planning (ADP).
4. Human rights and patients' rights.
5. Doctor-patient relationship. Communication with patients and relatives.
6. Ethics, Deontology and Law. Medical deontology. Code of Deontology. Deontology Committees.
7. Ethics of doctors' relationships with each other.
8. Confidentiality in medical practice. Data protection.
9. Medical error and negligence.
10. Quality of life and health.
11. Assessment of patient competence.
12. Humanization of Medicine.
13. Medicine and new technologies. Telemedicine. Medicine and the Internet
14. Conscientious objection.
15. Economy and health
16. Ethical aspects of organ donation and transplantation.
17. Ethics of medical research.
18. Medical practices not sufficiently validated. Alternative and complementary medicines.
19. Attitude towards the end of life.
20. Ethical considerations at the beginning of life.
PRACTICES OF BIOETICS AND COMMUNICATION
During the practicals, the students will prepare and present an argumentative debate with 3 topics (one for each practical):
PAUL1. Beginning of life: surrogacy.
PAUL2. The end of life: medically assisted death.
PAUL 3. Legal termination of pregnancy in minors.
The Classroom Practices of the Bioethics and Communication subject are mandatory, and attendance will be recorded.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
CLASSROOM PRACTICES (PAUL) | 6 | 0.24 | 40, 8, 10, 12, 18, 24, 23, 22, 29, 6 |
Type: Supervised | |||
THEORY (TE) | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 39, 40, 41, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 37, 14, 15, 13, 16, 12, 17, 18, 20, 19, 24, 23, 5, 22, 28, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 34, 33, 2, 32, 35, 36, 6, 3, 4, 21 |
TUTORIALS | 6.75 | 0.27 | |
Type: Autonomous | |||
WORK PREPARATION / PERSONAL STUDY | 38 | 1.52 | 1, 39, 41, 7, 9, 11, 37, 14, 15, 13, 16, 17, 20, 19, 5, 22, 28, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 34, 33, 2, 32, 35, 36, 3, 4, 21 |
The development of the subject is based on theoretical classes, classroom practices and a written work. Both the theoretical classes and classroom practices will be face-to-face.
The lectures will be available virtually, on the Moodle platform, after the corresponding class schedule.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attendance and active participation at classroom and seminars | 20% | 1.75 | 0.07 | 40, 8, 12, 18, 24, 23, 22, 29, 2, 32, 36, 6 |
Delivery of reports/works | 30% | 1 | 0.04 | 40, 8, 14, 15, 13, 16, 12, 19, 29, 2, 36 |
Written assessments through objective test: selection items: multiple selection items | 50% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 39, 41, 7, 8, 38, 9, 10, 11, 37, 14, 15, 13, 16, 17, 20, 19, 5, 22, 28, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 34, 33, 2, 32, 35, 36, 3, 4, 21 |
In order to reach a final grade of the subject, it is essential to have scored in the three activities (theoretical exam, classroom practices, and written essay).
Theoretical evaluation (50% of the final grade):
The theoretical exam is a multiple choice test, with 5 possible answers for each question and only one true answer.
For each wrong answer 1/4 of a point will be subtracted.
Classroom practices (20% of the final grade):.
Students must attend the two planned practices, one as a listener and the other as part of the group that will present it. The distribution of the groups that present the practice and of the groups that attend as listeners will be done once the subject begins by using the medical practices management program (PSG).
The content and presentation of the classroom practices will be evaluated:
1. The adequacy of the content to the issue presented
2. The synthesis work
• Presents the main points
3. The mastery of the subject
• Use correct vocabulary
• Shows fluency explaining the concepts
• Responds appropriately to the questions that arise
• Illustrates the theme with examples
4. Communication skills
• Speaks clearly and with confidence
• Appropriate use of audiovisual resources
• Non-verbal language (watches the audience, volume of the voice, tone, etc.)
5. Adaptation to the assigned timing
Classroom practices are mandatory. Students must have been part of a presentation group in order to score. The student who has not participated in one of the groups that present the practice will not score and cannot be evaluated for the subject. On the other hand, the non-attendance to the practice as a listener will suppose the loss of 2 points of the score of practices.
Written essay (30% of the final grade)
Students must present a written essay commenting on a media news piece related to bioethics. The student will reflect on the facts described in the chosen media news, applying the knowledge acquired in the course of the subject. The written work, with a maximum of 5 pages long, must be submitted in pdf format. The deadline to submit the work will be communicated in the first class "Presentation of the subject". The work can be done individually or in a group (with a maximum of 5 students).
The content of the written work will be evaluated:
Students who do not score in the three activities will be considered as not evaluated, exhausting the rights to the enrollment of the subject.
Exam review system
The review of the exams will be done individually. Interested students should send a prior written request to the contact professor within the established deadlines.
Students who have not passed the subject through ordinary means, may submit to a final exam or recovery test. This exam will be written, with short questions related to the syllabus of the subject.
In this subject, a single assessment is not contemplated.
Beauchamp TL, Childress JF. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. 7ª ed. New York: Orxford University Press; 2013.
Montero F., Morlans M.Para deliberar en los comités de ética. Fundació Doctor Robert UAB.2009.
Gracia D. Bioética mínima (Humanidades médicas). Triacastela, 2019
Montori V. Why we revolt: A patient revolution for careful and kind care. Patientrevolution.org 2019
Webs of interest
Comitè de BIoètica de Catalunya
http://canalsalut.gencat.cat/ca/sistema-de-salut/comite-de-bioetica-de-catalunya/recursos/documents/
Comité de Bioètica de España
http://www.comitedebioetica.es/documentacion/index.php
Comité Consultatif National d’Ethique
https://www.ccne-ethique.fr/fr/type_publication/avis
Institut Borja de Bioètica. Universitat Ramón Llull
http://www.ibbioetica.org/cat/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=21
Observatori de Bioètica i Dret UB
http://www.bioeticayderecho.ub.edu/es/publicaciones
Fundació Víctor Grifols i Lucas
https://www.fundaciogrifols.org/es/web/fundacio/publications-portal
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
https://plato.stanford.edu/search/searcher.py?query=bioethics
The Hastings Center
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Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 101 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 102 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 103 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 104 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 105 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 106 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 107 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 108 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 109 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(TE) Theory | 101 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 102 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 103 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |