Alessandro Blasimme: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2023 |
| Name | Dr. Alessandro Blasimme |
| Address | Professur für Bioethik ETH Zürich, HOA H 17 Hottingerstrasse 10 8032 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 78 01 |
| alessandro.blasimme@hest.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Health Sciences and Technology |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
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| 377-0405-10L | Ethics in Medicine and Health Care  | 2 credits | 2V | E. Vayena, A. Blasimme, K. Ormond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | A solid background in medical ethics will allow students to meaningfully take part in complex deliberations about specific clinical cases in the regular practice of the medical profession and to make sense of ethical challenges associated to biomedical research. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | This module is intended to enable students to recognize and analyze ethically controversial situations in everyday medical practice and in biomedical research. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | This module contains the following ethical issues: - informed consent in both medicine and research - end-of-life decisions - reproductive medicine - communication to patients and research participants - genetics in the clinical and in the research context - return of incidental findings - access to experimental treatments - public health ethics - digital health technologies - artificial intelligence in medicine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Prerequisites: LE 377-0105-00L Bewegungsapparat LE 377-0107-00L Nervensystem LE 377-0201-00L Herz-Kreislauf-System LE 377-0203-00L Atmungs-System LE 377-0205-00L Nieren und Homöostase LE 377-0301-01L Blut, Immunsystem LE 377-0301-02L Ernährung und Verdauung LE 377-0301-03L Endokrinologie, Stoffwechsel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 511-0013-00L | Ethics in Research and Drug Development | 1 credit | 1G | E. Kut Bacs, A. Blasimme | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The course provides an introduction into the concepts and tools of ethics with a special emphasis on ethical dilemmas in biomedicine and drug development. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Students • are able to elaborate on basic concepts and tools of ethics, specifically medical ethics and bioethics • know about key ethical questions in biomedical research and drug development • are able to critically reflect on experiments and studies in animals and humans taking into account core ethical values • know where to find more information on international ethical declarations and Swiss ordinances on human and animal research (e.g. swissethics, SAMW) • are able to weigh conflicting ethical values and to develop and take a stance in an ethical debate • know about the conflicting interests in the pharmaceutical industry from a global perspective on drug development (i.e. economization vs. solidarity with less economically developed countries) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Students will perform an ethical analysis of current scientific developments in biomedical research and present and debate their results with their peers. During the course students will be actively involved in interdisciplinary discussions with the lecturer in ethics and philosophy and with the scientific experts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 851-0745-00L | Ethics Workshop: The Impact of Digital Life on Society Open to all Master level / PhD students. | 2 credits | 2S | E. Vayena, A. Blasimme, A. Ferretti, C. Landers, J. Sleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | This workshop focuses on understanding and managing the ethical and social issues arising from the integration of new technologies in various aspects of daily life. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Explain relevant concepts in ethics. Evaluate the ethical dimensions of new technology uses. Identify impacted stakeholders and who is ethically responsible. Engage constructively in the public discourse relating to new technology impacts. Review tools and resources currently available that facilitate resolutions and ethical practice Work in a more ethically reflective way | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The workshop offers students an experience that trains their ability for critical analysis and develops awareness of responsibilities as a researcher, consumer and citizen. Learning will occur in the context of three intensive workshop days, which are highly interactive and focus on the development and application of reasoning skills. The workshop will begin with some fundamentals: the nature of ethics, of consent and big data, of AI ethics, public trust and health ethics. Students will then be introduced to key ethical concepts such as fairness, autonomy, trust, accountability, justice, as well different ways of reasoning about the ethics of digital technologies. A range of practical problems and issues in the domains of education, news media, society, social media, digital health and justice will be then considered. These six domains are represented respectively by unique and interesting case studies. Each case study has been selected not only for its timely and engaging nature, but also for its relevance. Through the analysis of these case studies key ethical questions (such as fairness, accountability, explain-ability, access etc.) will be highlighted and questions of responsibility and tools for ethical practice will be explored. Throughout, the emphasis will be on learning to make sound arguments about the ethical aspects of policy, practice and research. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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