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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Biomedical Sciences : Biomedical Sciences

Postgraduate Course: The Human Body, Ethics, Society and the Law (BIME11005)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryCourse description: The course will consist of lectures and seminars on:
ethical principles, perspectives and arguments relevant to the biomedical sciences;
social and cultural perspectives on the human body, anatomical investigation, and the moral status of the human embryo;
posthumous and proprietary interests in the human body;
international, comparative and UK law on cadavers, organs, tissues and genetic material;
the responsibilities of anatomists in the use of morally problematic material to the bereaved in professional education.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 30, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 68 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) An essay(100%)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. On completion of the course, students should have gained a theoretical and practical grounding in ethical principles and perspectives relevant to the biomedical sciences
  2. Knowledge of UK and comparative law and regulation relevant to anatomy
  3. A critical awareness of social, cultural and moral perspectives on the human body and anatomical investigation
  4. A developing capacity for reflective professional practice
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.anatomy.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studying/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsHA,Ethics
Contacts
Course organiserDr Lyndsay Murray
Tel: (0131 6)51 5985
Email: Lyndsay.Murray@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Marie Manson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3289
Email: Marie.Manson@ed.ac.uk
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