Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics
Postgraduate
In Leeds
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King's College London
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Leeds
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This degree allows you to develop an in-depth understanding of professional ethics, and what they mean for practitioners in the biomedical and healthcare sectors.
You’ll learn about the ethical issues that arise across medicine and healthcare practice, but you’ll also have the opportunity to specialise in areas that interest you or suit your career aspirations. You’ll take modules on topics such as ethical issues at the beginning and end of life, autonomy and psychiatry, professional issues and allocating medical resources fairly, and focus on a topic of your choice to complete an independent dissertation.
We’re constantly developing the course and consulting with professionals working in the field, so our courses are informed by the most recent developments in practice. But you’ll be taught by active researchers with expertise in teaching ethics across medical disciplines, giving you the chance to engage with the latest academic arguments and debates.
The programme is designed for people who’ve never studied ethics or medical ethics, although we do also have applicants who have studied philosophy before. If you’re interested in thinking about key ethical issues in a reasoned and independent way, you’ll be able to explore big questions in the biomedical and healthcare spheres with the support of the Interdisciplinary Ethics Applied Centre (IDEA).
This course is available to study part time, and also to study both full time and part time through online distance learning.
You can study this subject as a PGDip where you take fewer modules overall, both full time and part time either online or on campus. If you want to apply for the MA course but don't have a degree, you can begin your studies by completing the PGDip and then progress onto the MA.
If you want to conduct extended independent research, you can also study this subject as an MRes both full time and part time either online or on campus.
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A bachelor degree. Professional experience may also be considered. If you want to apply for this MA course but don't have a degree, you can begin your studies by completing the PGDip either online or on campus and then progress onto the MA. We look for your willingness and ability to think clearly and independently, as well as good writing skills, a basic understanding of philosophical ethics and any relevant experiences of ethical issues in practice.
We accept a range of international equivalent qualifications.
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- Ethics
- Healthcare
- Medical
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- Full Time
- Medical training
- Biomedical
Course programme
In Semester 1 you’ll develop your understanding of key concepts and approaches in the study of ethics, as well as how it applies to the biomedical and healthcare fields. You’ll study developments and debates in healthcare ethics and the ethical issues at the beginning and end of life.
You’ll build on this knowledge in the following semester and apply it to the professional context, considering issues like the carer/patient relationship, consent and the role of the conscience in professional practice. You’ll also explore questions surrounding the distribution of scarce medical resources and compulsion or coercion in cases of mental illness.
Throughout the programme you’ll develop your understanding as well as advanced skills in research and analysis. You’ll showcase this in your dissertation, when you focus on a specific topic of your choice, and submit your work before the end of the course in September.
If you choose to study part-time, you’ll study over a longer period and take fewer modules each year. If you take the PGDip, you’ll study fewer modules overall.
Course structure
These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.
Modules Year 1Compulsory modules
- Reason, Virtues and Obligation 15 credits
- Conscience, Codes and Professional Issues 15 credits
- Autonomy, Rationality and Psychiatric Issues 15 credits
- Distributive Justice and Scarce Medical Resources 15 credits
- Current Developments in Health Care Ethics 30 credits
- Health Care Ethics: Dissertation 60 credits
- Ethical Issues at the Beginning of Life 15 credits
- Ethical Issues at the End of Life 15 credits
For more information on typical modules, read Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics MA Full Time in the course catalogue
For more information on typical modules, read Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics MA Part Time in the course catalogue
Learning and teachingTaught modules are structured around weekly group seminars led by one of our tutors. Overall, each taught module normally involves about four hours per week of contact time. In some modules you may also take part in group project work. However, independent study is also a vital element of this degree, allowing you to improve your research and analytical skills and gain more varied perspectives on key issues.
Essays are our most common form of assessment – usually of around 3,000 words. However, in some modules we may also use presentations or other methods to assess your progress.
Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics
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King's College London
Postgraduate Onlinehigher than £ 9000 -
SCRIPT - Edinburgh University School of Law
Postgraduate Distance LearningPrice on request -
Training World
Course Distance LearningPrice on request
See all