Public Health Sciences Course Program (PHS)

Basics of Ethics in Health Sciences Research

This module provides an introduction to ethics, scientific integrity and other areas of ethical importance in health sciences research.

Ziele

At the end of the module, participants will have an understanding of the basics and principles of ethics in health research, and they will have gained deeper knowledge in selected areas of research integrity, data management and open science. They will have gained knowledge and skills to recognize navigate various difficult areas of ethics in research.

Inhalte

The course will cover topics which include the history and principles of research ethics, research integrity, conflicts of interest, ethics of authorship, essential data management practices and key issues in open access. The course aims at providing a foundational introduction to these areas, as well as reflexive and critical skills to understand the motivation for, and necessity of ethical values,  principles and ethically justified research practice.

Arbeitsweise / Programm

The course is programmed over two days and includes a combination of seminar style interventions, with questions, group discussions and interactive activities, as well as focused group work, case studies and student presentation. It will be delivered by a team of seven academics, each of whom are experts in the topics they will be teaching.
Students will receive preparatory material in advance. The course will be assessed with an online, open book written exam with multiple choice questions. 

Basisinformationen

Nummer E046.AC1.25
Termine

Thu, 22 May 2025
Fri, 23 May 2025

 

Zeiten 09:15-17:15
Kursort

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM
Mittelstrasse 43,
3012 Bern

room 320 third floor and room 220 second floor

Leitung

PhD Agomoni Ganguli Mitra, course coordinator
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, University of Edinburghl
Professor MD Verina Wild
Medical Ethics, Full Professor, University of Augsburg
Prof. Kris Dierickx
Full Professor, University of Leuven

Dr. habil. Olga Churakova, Dr. Christine Krebs,
Dr. Elio Pellin, Dr. Andrea Hacker

University Library of Bern

Plätze max. 40 Personen
Kurssprache English
Anmeldefrist 31.03.2025
Format Individual event von Public Health Sciences Course Program
You will receive a certificate of attendance.
Trägerschaft

Faculty of Medicine University of Bern

Graduate School for Health Sciences (GHS)
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

Public Health Sciences Course Program (PHS)

ECTS-Info

1 ECTS points will be credited for this course

For an accreditation of the ECTS, a minimum of 80% attendance and active participation incl. completion of assignments and assessments are required.

Zielpublikum

Open to PhD students of Graduate School for Health Sciences and of Public Health Sciences Course Program, University of Bern.
 

Anmelde- und Aufnahmeverfahren

GHS administration and PHS program manager decides on the final admission.

Kosten

Amount still open

Administratives

Registration fees are waived for PhD students of the University of Bern, who commit to the whole course attendance.

  • Priority for this course will be given to PhD students of the Graduate School for Health Sciences (GHS).
  • To avoid being invoiced, it is mandatory that you indicate your institute and the matriculation number upon registration for the course.

Please note cancellation regulations below.

Annullierungsbestimmungen

These cancellation rules apply to PhD students of the University of Bern.

Processing fee of CHF 100 will be applied for:

  • Cancellations after 3 weeks before the first course day (late cancellations)
  • Participants with course attendance of less than 80% of the on-site course time
  • Absence on the first day of the course (considered as a late cancellation)

Course attendance must be cancelled no later than 3 weeks before the first course day. Write an email to phs-admin.ispm@unibe.ch.
The cancellation has to be confirmed by the course coordination.
For your registration the General Terms and Conditions of the PHS Course Program apply.

Kontakt

University of Bern
Public Health Sciences Course Program

c/o Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine
Mittelstrasse 43
3012 Bern
Switzerland

Tel: +41 31 684 34 04

phs-admin.ispm@unibe.ch
www.medizin.unibe.ch/phs

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