Core Bioethics Courses

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Selected Bioethics Courses and Descriptions

Fall Semester 2017

Students will select electives in consultation with a faculty adviser assigned by the department. Electives must enhance an understanding of issues in the field of bioethics and must be relevant to the student’s academic interests and goals. The following partial list intended to give students an idea of the variety of courses that could be reasonably considered for elective credit. Each student should review the CWRU General Bulletin for courses of interest and check the Schedule of Classes each semester to determine when these courses are offered. It may be necessary for students to make arrangements with the faculty member teaching the course to gain enrollment approval, especially for courses offered through CWRU professional schools, such as the Schools of Law, Applied Social Sciences, and Management, and elsewhere. These courses typically require approval from a dean from the appropriate school to register.

Fall 2017

CORE COURSES

BIOETHICS DEPT

BETH 401 Foundations in Bioethics (6 credits)

100-LEC (6344) T R 6:00 – 8:30 PM Location: E401 SOM Aulisio, M.

The first of the two required seminar courses, this course covers five basic topic areas in bioethics: death and dying; health professional-patient relationship; method and theory in bioethics; organ transplantation; and ethics and children. The course meets twice weekly and is taught in seminar format by Center faculty members who are experts on specific topics. Permit may be obtained from instructor

BETH 405 Clinical Ethics Rotation (1.5 credits)

100-LEC (6345) Location to be announced Aulisio, M.

In this course students will become familiar with the clinical, psychological, social, professional and institutional context in which ethical problems arise. This course exposes students to clinical cases, to hospital ethics committees and ethics consultation programs, to institutional review boards (IRB), and to hospital policies covering the "do not resuscitate" orders (DNR), advance directives, withdrawal of artificial feeding, organ procurement and transplantation, and medical futility. Requires minimum of 8 total hours of rotation experience per week during two semester 10-week rotations. Locations for this course include: MetroHealth Medical Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the Hospice of the Western Reserve. Prereq: BETH 401 or concurrent enrollment. Offered every semester. Permit can be obtained from instructor.

BETH 407 Interprofessional Integrative Seminar (0 credits)

Students are required to take the seminar for two semesters at any time during their Bioethics program. The course focuses on the study of selected texts with respect to ethical issues and interprofessional relationships.

BETH 410 Foundations of Medicine, Society & Culture (3 credits)

100-LEC (11789) Location: School of Medicine E429C Wednesday 1:00 – 3:30 pm Anderson-Fye, E.

*This course is mandatory for Medicine Society & Culture & Research Ethics Track students

Topics will include comparative medical systems and concepts of health, medical history, illness narratives and narrative ethics, social determinants of health and health inequalities, analysis of representations of illness and medicine in literature and the arts, and medical rhetoric. Students who complete the course should develop a command of the basic problems, approaches, and literatures in the social and cultural contexts of health sickness, and medicine. Students will be able to identify epistemology, theory, methodology and data from neighboring disciplines and understand affordances and costs in each.

BETH 503 Research Ethics and Regulation (3 credits)

100-LEC (11439) Thurs 2:45 – 4:45 p.m. Wolstein Research Bldg Room 6136 Marshall, P.

*This course is required for students in the research ethics track*

This course is designed to introduce students to the ethical, policy, and legal issues raised by research involving human subjects. It is intended for law students, post-doctoral trainees in health-related disciplines and other students in relevant fields. Topics include (among others): regulation and monitoring of research; research in third-world nations; research with special populations; stem cell and genetic research; research to combat bioterrorism; scientific misconduct; conflicts of interest; commercialization and intellectual property; and the use of deception and placebos. Course will meet in once per week for 2 hours throughout the semester. Grades will be given based on class participation and a series of group projects and individual short writing assignments.

BIOETHICS FALL ELECTIVES

BETH 406 Society, Religion & Bioethics (3 Credits)

100-LEC (11406) Mondays 4 – 7 pm School of Medicine, Sears Tower T501 Loue, S.

Focus and Scope of Course: The course examines the interplay of politics, governmental structures, culture and religion and their impact on ethics questions that arise in the health arena. The course provides a broad overview of the basic tenets of several major faith traditions and examines how and why the interpretation of such tenets and their impact on bioethics issues varies across different societies. The specific domains in which we explore such issues, e.g., reproductive health, regenerative medicine, end-of-life issues, infectious disease, may be rotated each year.

BETH 415C STUDY ABROAD: International Bioethics Policy & Health Care: Cost Rica (3 credits)

This 3-credit course gives students the unique opportunity to observe patients and practitioners encounter in a radically different health care system. Costa Rica has one of the most comprehensive health care systems in the Western hemisphere, featuring the innovative use of mid-level health care workers organized in basic comprehensive health care teams. This has resulted in a longer life expectancy than the United States, despite a per capita GDP of only $10,000 per person.
Students will gain first-hand experience of Costa Rican health care through field experiences at sites including a national hospital in the capital city, San Jose; a peripheral treatment clinic in a smaller town; and observation of the work of an integrated basic health care team in an indigenous reserve. Following each visit, students will discuss the practical and ethical dilemmas that practitioners face in the context of the Costa Rican health care system. Specific topics include: health inequalities within and between nations; the ethics of transplantation, medical research, and end-of-life care; and health care in rural environments and with indigenous populations. Permit can be obtained from instructor Suzanne Rivera <>

BETH 602 Special Topics in Bioethics (1-3 units)

100-LEC Faculty

Students will explore particular issues and themes in biomedical ethics in depth through independent study and research under the direction of a faculty member. Permit required from instructor

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(6346) M. Aulisio

(6347) S. Youngner

(6348) I. Hyun

(6832) S. Loue

(6964) A. Goldenberg

(7335) K. Arora

(11355) E. Anderson-Fye

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BETH 603 Bioethics Research (6 Credits)

100-RES (6899) Youngner, S.

Research leading toward the MD/MA degree is Bioethics for medical students only.

ANTHROPOLOGY DEPT

ANTH 438 AIDS: Maternal Health: Anthropological Perspectives on Reproductive Practices and Health Policy (3 credits)

100-LEC (3129) T,TH 11:30-12:45 p.m. Location TBD Hildebrand, Vanessa

The reproductive process is shared by humans as biological beings. However, the experience of pregnancy and childbirth is also dependent on the cultural, social, political, historical, and political-economic setting. This course frames issues in reproductive health by looking at the complex issues associated with maternal health and mortality world-wide. After reviewing biomedical perspectives on reproductive processes this course will focus on childbirth and pregnancy as the process and ritual by which societies welcome new members. This course will review ethnomedical concepts; discuss the interaction between local, national, and global agendas shaping reproductive practices; and conclude with anthropological critiques of reproductive health initiatives.

EPIDEMIOLOGY & BIOSTATISTICS DEPT

EPBI 510 Health Disparities (3 Credits)

100-LEC (6406) M 5:30-8:00 p.m. Location to be announced J. Sudano
This course aims to provide theoretical and application tools for students from many disciplinary backgrounds to conduct research and develop interventions to reduce health disparities. The course will be situated contextually within the historical record of the United States, reviewing social, political, economic, cultural, legal, and ethical theories related to disparities in general, with a central focus on health disparities. Several frameworks regarding health disparities will be used for investigating and discussing the empirical evidence on disparities among other subgroups (e.g., the poor, women, uninsured, disabled, and non-English speaking populations) will also be included and discussed. Students will be expected to develop a research proposal (observational, clinical, and/or intervention) rooted in their disciplinary background that will incorporate materials from the various perspectives presented throughout the course, with the objective of developing and reinforcing a more comprehensive approach to current practices within their fields. Cross-listed as CRSP 510, MPHP 510, NURS 510, and SASS 510.

LAW SCHOOL

The Law school schedule is a bit different than the other schools (final exams go through late December). By taking a law course, the student is subjecting themselves to our calendar and attendance policies (class attendance is mandatory.)…Jay Ruffner Law School Director of Academic Services

LAWS 4201 Bioethics and Law (3 credits)

100-LEC (5045) MoTuTh 2:50 PM - 3:45 PM Law School Mehlman, Max

Health Law 1 and Health Law 2 are the core courses in the Health Law curriculum and both courses are required for the Health Law Concentration. The subject matter of the courses spans the entire field of health law, including (1) the history, structure, financing, and operation of the U.S. medical system; (2) legal and ethical rules and regulations governing physicians and other health care professionals; the patient-physician relationship; institutional providers of care such as hospitals, nursing homes, and laboratories; and drug and device manufacturers; (3) regulation of health insurers and managed care organization; (4) medical malpractice law; (5) confidentiality and electronic medical records; (6) fraud and abuse; (7) antitrust law; (8) employer health plans; (9) medical research; and (10) public health. The courses will be taught by a team of full-time and adjunct law professors and will include significant experiential exercises and opportunities. Grading will be based on periodic quizzes, memos, performance on experiential exercises, and final exams.

Offered as HSMC 427 and LAWS 227.

LAWS 5213 Psychiatry and Law (2 credits)

100-LEC (5018) Thursday 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Law School Resnick, P.

Interaction between criminal law and psychiatry. Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, competency to stand trial, the insanity defense, malingered mental illness, infanticide, sexual psychopath laws, direct and cross-examination of mental health experts. Uses videotaped examples as a basis for discussion. Includes a visit to the Justice Center Psychiatric Clinic. Jointly taught by a psychiatrist and an attorney specializing in mental health law. (Note: time conflicts with Foundations in Bioethics)

MANDEL SCHOOL OF APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES

SASS 511 Issues in Health Policy & Service Delivery (3 credits)

100-LEC (5940) TH 8:30 – 10:30 AM Location: TBA Miller, D.

This course examines health care policy issues and options, and highlights the development of health care policy in the U.S., the influence of health policy development, and the role of social work. It also examines the problems, policy, and program issues in the subsidy, financing, reorganization, and regulatory capacity of health policy. National, state, and local issues will be stressed. The course is for students in the health concentration but also welcomes students from other areas. Permit Required.

SASS 513 Aging Policy and Service Delivery (3 credits)

100-LEC (5942) Monday 2:00 – 4:00 pm Location: TBA Hokenstad, M.

This course reviews current income, health, and social service policies for older Americans. It also investigates patterns and levels of care for the elderly. Trends and issues in policies and programs for seniors are analyzed in the context of the dimensions and differential characteristics of the aging population in the country. Some cross-national comparisons of services for the elderly are included in this analysis.

SASS 529 Child and Family Policy Service & Delivery (3 credits) Hefferman, D

100 LEC (5943) F S U 9:00 - 5:00PM 11/18, 11/19, 11/20

S SU 9 :00 - 5:00 PM 12/17, 12/18

This course focuses on major federal legislation impacting children, youth, and families, examined in the context of community based social work policy/practice. It builds upon the foundation course in social welfare policy and enables students to use an advocacy approach to provide policy-informed services and to participate in policy and implementation and change.