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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences : Public Health Research

Postgraduate Course: Public Health Ethics (PUHR11047)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThe course will examine some of the key ethical issues in public health, attending particularly to the links between local and global perspectives and concerns. It will consider how approaches from and debates within philosophy, law and the social sciences (for instance, about personhood, dignity, rights and justice) can contribute to our understanding of the historical and contemporary shaping of current ethical issues, the nature of their impact in relation to public health, and how they might be tackled. Topics to be covered include health promotion, infectious diseases, and screening.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Introduction to Research Ethics (PUHR11030)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2023/24, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Block 2 (Sem 1)
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 6, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 86 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Essay 100%
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- explain the significance of some of the key ethical concerns in public health today.
- describe the links between individual and societal rights, and local and global concerns.
- analyse current and emerging concerns in public health by drawing on concepts and debates from philosophy and the social sciences.
- evaluate ethical arguments in terms of how debates emerge and how agendas are set.
- recommend solutions for ethical concerns.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/education/mph/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsBioethics,Environmental Health; Health Promotion,Infectious Disease,Screening
Contacts
Course organiserProf Martyn Pickersgill
Tel: (0131 6)50 3202
Email: martyn.pickersgill@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Charlotte Munden
Tel: (0131 6)51 318
Email: cmunden2@ed.ac.uk
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