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Research Ethics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:21.06.2024 08:31:20
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | HZK_037 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Philosophy | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Laura Bitiniece | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | No prior knowledge is required to take the course. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Learn different approaches to ethical problem solving in research, form a reasoned opinion and attitudes in key ethical issues of research. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Research ethics. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The concept of consent in the context of research. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Justice in Research | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Balancing harms and benefits in research | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Codes of ethics. The concept of informed consent. Case analysis | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Vulnerable participants. Privacy and Confidentiality. Case analysis | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Equity in research. Balancing harms and benefits in research. Case analysis | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | New biotechnologies. Use of animals in research. Case analysis | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students independently study the required literature for the course and prepare for practical classes. Once or twice, they make a presentation about a case, moral dilemma or problem situation and lead a discussion about it during the seminar. The aim is to learn the skills of leading a discussion and of expressing own position in a reasoned way. Students submit their work one day before the seminar. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Work in practical seminars and tests (60%). Written examination on theoretical issues and case study (40%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of studying the study course, students will acquire extensive knowledge in various fields of biomedicine. They will know the basic requirements of the Declaration of Helsinki, they will be familiar with the documents determining research, define informed consent, interpret ethical arguments and problems used in the context of biomedical research. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to evaluate ethical problems in the process of publication of research results, analyse specific cases in research. They will be able to argue and propose innovative solutions to problem situations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Cognitive - forming a reasoned opinion. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Reglamentējošie dokumenti: Nirnbergas kodekss, Konvencija par cilvēktiesību un cieņas aizsardzību bioloģijā un medicīnā, Helsinku deklarācija, Pacientu tiesību likums, Zinātnieka ētikas kodekss. | ||||||||
| 2 | Zinātniskās darbības metodoloģija : starpdisciplināra perspektīva, 2021, K. Mārtinsones zin.red., Rīga, RSU. | ||||||||
| 3 | Handbook of Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity, 2020 (ed.) Ron Iphofen, Springer. | ||||||||
| 4 | Campbell Alastair V. Bioethics: the basics. 2nd ed., 2017, N.Y., Routledge | ||||||||
| 5 | Ethics and Governance of Biomedical Research: theory and practice, 2016, ed. by Strech D., Mertz M., Springer. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Biomedicīnas ētika: teorija un prakse. Rīga, RSU, 2006. | ||||||||
| 2 | European Textbook on Ethics in Research, 2010. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | RSU pētījumu ētikas komiteja | ||||||||
| 2 | Centrālā medicīnas ētikas komiteja | ||||||||
