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Module Guide before WS 2016/17

Modul PS4610-KP06

Ethics in Sciences / Scientific Writing (EthScWr)

Duration:


1 Semester
Turnus of offer:


each summer semester
Credit points:


6
Course of studies, specific field and terms:
  • Master MLS 2016 (compulsory), interdisciplinary competence, 2nd or 4th semester
  • Master Molecular Life Science 2023 (compulsory), interdisciplinary competence, 2nd or 4th semester
  • Master MLS 2018 (compulsory), interdisciplinary competence, 2nd or 4th semester
  • Master MLS 2009 (compulsory), interdisciplinary competence, 4th semester
  • Master Infection Biology 2012 (compulsory), Interdisciplinary modules, 2nd or 4th semester
Classes and lectures:
  • PS4610-S: Scientific Writing (seminar and project work, 2 SWS)
  • PS4620-S Ethics in the Life Sciences (seminar, 2 SWS)
Workload:
  • 120 Hours private studies
  • 60 Hours in-classroom work
Contents of teaching:
  • Societal and ethical implications of research in biomedical sciences and technologies
  • Basics of philosophy and sociology of science.
  • Good scientific practice
  • Basics of bioethics: duties of investigators, obligations to colleagues.
  • Ethics of human subjects research and animal experiments, environmental ethics. Governance of technology, risk assessement
  • Neuroethics
  • Ethics of AI and robotics
  • Fundamentals of ethics: basic terms, concepts, aspects of metaethics.
  • Basic issues of research ethics and cases from recent debates
  • Publication of scientific studies, including structuring and writing of a scientific article, scientific journals and their procedures
  • Design of scientific studies from an ethical and statistical viewpoint, ethical approval for animal and human studies
  • Peer review process, including critical analysis of publications and studies, post publication peer review
  • Scientific misconduct, the legal framework of research, good scientific practice, retractions
  • Different forms of scientific writing, including poster and power point presentations or grant applications
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
  • You will be able to explain the methodology of the natural sciences in terms of their philosophy of science and theories of science
  • You can recognize ethical dimensions of practice and deciding
  • You can understand the rules of Good Scientific Practice (GSP) of the University of Lübeck and of the DFG-guidelines and the relevant laws in Germany and abroad.
  • You can participate in current discussions in bioethics and research ethics
  • You can reflect on ethical dimensions of biomedical sciences
  • You can write a structured ethics paper about a self-chosen topic
  • The students will be able to critically assess the design of scientific studies, including the ethical, statistical and legal framework
  • They can critically assess published work of other authors and discuss the scientific content.
  • They can assemble data for a scientific publication and draft the written framework for such a manuscript.
Grading through:
  • Essay, talk and written exam
Responsible for this module:
Teachers:
Literature:
  • Urban Wiesing (Hg.): Ethik in der Medizin. Ein Studienbuch. - Stuttgart: Reclam 5. Aufl. 2020
  • Ben Mepham: Bioethics. An Introduction for the Biosciences - Oxford: Oxford University Press 2008, 2nd ed
  • Jennifer A. Parks, Victoria S. Wike: Bioethics in a Changing World - Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2010
Language:
  • offered only in English
Notes:

Prerequisites for the module:
- nothing

Prerequisites for admission to the written examination:
- PS4620-L1: nothing
- PS4610-L1: nothing

Module exam:
- PS4620-L1 Ethics in Science, sucessful participation in the seminar, ungraded
- PS4610-L1 Scientific Writing, term paper must be passed, ungraded

Letzte Änderung:
15.3.2023