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Ethical and Policy Considerations
in Clinical Treatment and Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Phl 481/ 581, 482/582, 483/583 (4,4,4)
Time: Mondays, 5:30-9:10 PM
Professor Patricia Backlar: 503/725-3499
Email: backlarp@pdx.edu
Biomedical Ethics is a three term sequence that provides a practical bioethics education in clinical health care, biomedical and behavioral research, public health, health policy, and health care delivery. The Fall Term introductory course (Phl 481/581) is the prerequisite for admittance to the Biomedical Ethics Advanced Seminars I and II,Winter and Spring Terms (Phl 482/582, 483/583).
Students are admitted to the Advanced Seminars on a competitive basis. Students with disabilities should make their need for academic accommodations known to Professor Backlar, and arrangements will be made for needed support.
Individuals who successfully complete the introductory course and both advanced seminars will be eligible for a "Certificate of Completion" to be granted jointly by: the Department of Philosophy, Portland State University; the Program for Ethics, Science and the Environment, Oregon State University, Corvallis; and, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research, Northwest/Hawaii.
The Biomedical Ethics three course sequence is designed to address the needs of individuals who require a practical biomedical ethics education and to provide students with the skills and information sufficient to enable them to make competent decisions in clinical and research situations and to assist others in doing so. Accordingly, careful attention is paid to the methods of case analysis and to discussion of cases.
The Fall term course (Phl. 481/581) is an introduction to the concepts, methods, and literature of health care and biomedical research ethics, designed to familiarize participants with the basic definitions, core competencies for health care ethics consultation and research ethics. Teaching methods used in this course include didactic presentation, case-based class and small group discussion, and guest presentations.
In the Advanced Seminars I and II (Phl. 482/582 and Phl. 483/583) the definitions, concepts and skills, which were introduced in the fall term course (Phl. 481/581) are developed and intensively examined. Under the guidance of Professor Backlar, all students will take responsibility for several aspects of teaching: students will lead health care ethics case consultations and also guide the class discussion and analysis of the pertinent biomedical ethics literature.
The Center for Ethics in Health Care, Oregon Health & Science University, will provide a practicum at OHSU for designated professionals who have completed the bioethics sequence. In addition, the Oregon Health Forum, an independent health policy publication and resource, will offer health policy internships to students enrolled in the Advanced Seminars and who meet the Forum's criteria.
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