Curriculum Guide

HPMD 905 Narrative Ethics (4). Permission rquired. 
Narrative Ethics provides an essential complement to traditional philosophic ethics. Where an analytic approach to ethics reduces moral decisions to rational puzzles to be solved, a narrative approach examines a moral problem within the context of an individuals lived life, characterized by its own unique cultural and personal relationships, values, and commitments. Physicians need the narrative skills of a good reader in order to recognize and respond effectively to moral issues as they arise, to integrate concerns for values and beliefs into the routines of patient care, and to interpret patients moral choices within a framework of an individual life story.
Course Director: Montello

PRVM 806 Ethics in Health Research (2) (02).
An introduction to the ethical and public policy qeustions that arise in research with human subjects. Topics covered include the history of human subjects research, the development of its ethical norms, the current regulatory framework and oversight mechanisms, idenification and promotion of elements of the research environment that promote research integrity, and exploration of normative and philosophical questions that arise in human subjects research.
Course Director: Menikoff

HPMD 906 Medicine and the Movies (03).
Utilizing film clips and video from the early 20th century to the present, the course provides a selected review of important topics in public health, medical institutions, and the professions of medicine and nursing. Consequently, students will become familiar with historical and social factors that have helped shaped medicine in the 20th century.
Course Director: Crenner.

HPMD 907 A Survey of Medicine from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century (00). Offered only August-December each year.
Course Directors: Crenner.

HPMD 908 Case Studies in Medical Ethics (00). Offered only August-December each year.
Course Directors: Montello and Menikoff.

HPMD 909 Ethical Issues In: (4). Permission Required.
"Ethical Issues In-" is a course offered to senior medical students who desire to spend a four week block of time in the systematic examination of the set of ethical issues they are likely to encounter in their chosen post-graduate training program, egs. ethical issues in psychiatry, ethical issues in OB/GYN, etc. The course consists of a guided literature search, regular tutorial sessions and preparation of a short research paper on a particular ethical issue or "case." The course is intended to offer the interested student a basic introduction to the reference tools and literature of contemporary medical ethics; assist the student it) developing a critical perspective in ethical controversies within his/her chosen field; and, provide the student with basic analytical skills and approaches to particular ethical problems. Evaluation will be based on participation in tutorial sessions and the research paper. (Interested students should contact the Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine, (x7O4O) for additional information.)
NOTE: ALL STUDENTS ENROLLING IN THE COURSE MUST CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT AT LEAST ONE MONTH PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT DATE TO ALLOW FOR APPROPRIATE INDRVIDUALIZED PLANNING AND SCHEDULING.
Prerequisite: Enrollment limited to senior medical students. (junior medical students by special permission)
Course Directors: Montello, Menikoff, and Crenner.

HPMD 910 Readings in the History of Medicine (4).
Guided readings in an area chosen by the student after consultation. Weekly individual tutorials and group seminars. Offered in Modules I-XII.
Course Directors: Crenner.

HPMD 911 Current Social and Ethical Problems of Medicine (4).
Guided readings and discussion of one or more social or ethical problems currently facing medicine. Examples: Homosexuality, abortion, contraception, medical education, medicine as a social instrument, etc. Offered in Modules I-XII. By Premission.
Course Directors: Montello and Menikoff.

HPMD 912 Death and Dying (4).
(Not offered during 1999-2000 academic calendar)
A global approach to the psychology of death and dying from literary analyses to modern application. The major course objective is to encourage students to deal with their own mortality in ways that will make them better able to serve patients in the much neglected period between learning they have a fatal illness and finally dying. Offered in Modules I-XII.

HPMD 914 Advanced Study in the History of Medicine (4).
Sequel to readings in the history of medicine. Offered in Modules I-XII. Prerequisite: HPMD 910 and approval of chair.
Course Directors: Crenner.

H&PD 902 Ethics and the Research Scientist (1). 
Concepts basic to conducting biomedical research ethically: fraud, plagiarism, and misrepresentation; intellectual property; collection and interpretation of data; conflicts of interest; reporting misconduct by others.  Animal research issues.  human research issues, including federal regulatory structure and informed consent.  Fall term.

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