Course Director: Fabrice Jotterand, Ph.D.
Course Title:  Research Ethics in Biomedical Sciences
Course No.:  DCS-5206

Course Description:
The constant progress in the biomedical sciences raises important ethical questions scientists and researchers need to address. This course critically examines areas of ethical concern for researchers in the biomedical sciences. Areas include scientific misconduct and professional integrity, mentoring, intellectual property, conflict of interests, authorship and publication, human subjects and research, genetics, enhancement technologies, etc. Time will also be allocated to discuss cases.

Credit Hour(s): 2

Location: D1.102/South Campus

Date: Thursdays, Weekly

Time:  4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 

Grading Criteria: Course credit is assigned on a pass/fail basis by attending a minimum of 80% of the sessions and passing the final written examination.

Final written examination based on the material covered in class and in the readings. This exam will be administered on May 1st, 2008.

Course Textbook:  Shamoo, A.E., & Resnik, D.B. (2003). Responsible Conduct of Research. New York: Oxford University Press.

Course Materials:  For suggested readings, see web link for posted PDF's and relevant articles.