Bioethical Issues in Healthcare
6 Credits (ECTS)
Bioethical Issues in Healthcare
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Module Description
This module will equip nurses to enhance their knowledge with new ethical and legal challenges met at their place of work.
Health care today demands an increased bioethical competence. The module will have an important contribution in the formation of nurses, enabling them to face the current ethical challenges.
It will focus on:
- Anthropological and Methodological Issues
- The Best Interests of the Child
- Priority Setting, Justice and Resource Allocation
- Suffering, Spirituality and Palliative Care
- End of Life issues
- Ethical issues in Genetics
- The relationship between spirituality, health care and bioethics.
Entry Requirements
- Candidates who apply for this course must possess a qualification equivalent to a Higher Diploma (120 ECTS) in Nursing accredited at MQF 5.
- Preference will be given to prospective applicants having a year of work experience related to the study programme.
Target Audience
- This programme is targeted at nurses who are registered with the Council for Nurses and Midwives Malta and/or other registering bodies.
Module / Unit Instructions
The proposed structure comprises a blended approach promoting the building of a community of practice via peer-to-peer learning. The structure uses primarily two dimensions of teaching-learning modes:
- Face to Face sessions
Face-to-face sessions include lectures, tutorials, discussions, presentations and workshop activities promoting peer-to-peer learning.
- Online Learning Activities
Online learning activities incorporate tutorials and asynchronous discussions. These may consist of active interaction, participation and contributions in fora discussions, sharing resources and self-reflection exercises. Learners also contribute to the building of the community of practice by providing feedback to their peers as critical friends, enhancing the learner’s critical engagement throughout the study period.
How you’ll be assessed
The course comprises:
- Evening classes for part-time courses.
- Classes held throughout the day for full-time courses.
- Guided learning, presentations, comprising synchronous online discussions, tutorials and/or videos.
- Self-study hours comprising research, reading and assignment work.
Assessment
Assessment is carried out via two mandatory components:
- Formative Assessment
- Summative Assessment
The programme includes different forms of assessment which allow for and promote students’ critical engagement. The formative and summative assessment tasks may include an in-class assignment and/or a home-based written assignment using diverse assessment tools which may take the form of online and in-class discussions, examinations, case studies, reports, proposals, essays, and presentations, etc., as applicable to the diverse modules.
Additional Info
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be eligible for a 70% refund of the cost through the ‘Get Qualified’ scheme.**
Due to the modular structure of the course, you may also opt to take individual modules as stand-alone. The entry requirements still apply.***
*Prices are applicable to students who reside in Malta at the time of applying.
**Terms and conditions apply.
Learning Outcomes
Competences:
At the end of the module/unit the learner will have acquired the ability to, independently:
- Develop professional responsibility and accountability to make ethical decisions within nursing practice.
- Identify and critically analyse the development of a culture respectful of bioethics amongst the nursing profession.
- Critically analyse an appraise the theoretical basics of bioethics.
- Critically evaluate the capacities for ethical decision-making relevant to nursing professional
- Critically analyse the relationship between spirituality, health care and bioethics.
Knowledge:
At the end of the module/unit the learner will have been exposed to the following:
- Anthropological and Methodological Issues.
- The Best Interests of the Child.
- Priority Setting, Justice and Resource Allocation.
- Suffering, Spirituality and Palliative Care.
- End of Life issues.
- Ethical issues in Genetics.
Skills:
At the end of the module/unit the learner will have acquired the following skills:
- Recommend ethically appropriate clinical or administrative interventions.
- Critically analyse the relationship between everyday healthcare issues, research, ethics and the law.
- Engage in reflective practices on ethical dilemmas for the professional development of self and others.
- Critically apply valid moral judgments and decisions when faced with bioethical dilemmas.
- Critically evaluate clinical judgments to inform decisions and solve problems in context of bioethics.
Module-Specific Digital Skills and Competences:
The learner will be able to:
- Navigate through the online learning platform to find assignments, discussion boards, literature, tutorials etc.