Moral and ethical aspects in medicine

Course: Laboratory Diagnostics (Bachelor)

Structural unit: Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center

Title
Moral and ethical aspects in medicine
Code
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2025/2026
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PRN 3. Apply modern computer and information technologies.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Successful mastery of the academic disciplines "Introduction to University Studies and History of Medicine", "Human Anatomy", "Cytology, Histology, and Human Embryology", "Latin Language and Terminology". 2. Ability to independently apply knowledge of the history of medicine, cytology, histology and human embryology, human anatomy and other academic disciplines to solve specific scientific and practical problems; work with scientific and scientific-methodological literature. 3. Possession of elementary skills of systems analysis.
Course content
Medical ethics is the science of the moral and ethical responsibilities of a physician, including a medical student, in the process of his professional, medical and diagnostic, educational and scientific clinical activities, which determines the psychoethical norms of the doctor's relationship with the patient and colleagues. Studying the discipline "Moral and Ethical Aspects in Medicine" before starting clinical disciplines creates the necessary prerequisites for the student's faster adaptation to work in the clinic, provides the legal basis for his professional activities, introduces him to regulatory state and international documents, the basic principles of biomedical ethics, and the status of medical deontology in modern society.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. O.K. Kurdish, V.G. Khoperiya, O.I. Kharchenko Ukrainian language. Fundamentals of professional orientation: teaching aids. // Kyiv: Kyiv University, 2022. – 239 p. – available on the website: https://biomed.knu.ua/institute-activity/educational/kafedry/kafedra-fundamental-medicine/ biblioteka.html 2. Fundamentals of bioethics and biosafety: textbook / O.M. Kovaleva, V.M. Lisovyi, T.M. Ambrosova, V.I. Smirnova – Kyiv: VSV "Medicine", 2017. – 392 p. 3. Masny Z. Problems of deontology in modern Ukrainian medicine. – Lviv. – Literary agency "Pyramida", 2010. – 74 p. 4. Levenets S.S. Medical ethics and deontology: realities and prospects in the work of a doctor. – Medical Education, No. 4, 2012. – P.87-90.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Semester assessment: 1. Modular test 1 – RN 1.1 – 3.2. (block of topics of Section 1) – 20 points / 10 points 2. Modular test 2 – RN 1.1 – 3.2 (block of topics of Section 2) – 20 points / 10 points 3. Presentations - RN 1.1 – 1.4, 2.1, 2.3 – 2.5, 3.1,3.2, 4.1 – 20 points / 10 points 4. Final test - RN 1.1. – 3.2. – 40 points / 20 points Summary assessment: in the form of a credit
Language of instruction
ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olga Ivanivna Kharchenko
Department of fundamental medicine
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of fundamental medicine
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center