3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 2022126ANW for working students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
This course discusses the "ethical dimensions" in the management and policy processes of healthcare. It introduces the basic ethical principles of just care (social justice) and provides an overview of ethical frameworks on value-driven choices in healthcare at various levels: (1) the care relationship, (2) the care organizations, (3) the level of policy of care systems and (4) society. The course aims to introduce students into insights to develop a substantiated vision from a ethical care perspective and through a scientific attitude that actively contributes to the improvement of the management and policy in the healthcare sector.
The course introduces various ethical theories and discusses specific ethical considerations concerning the care system (justice, autonomy, solidarity, ...) as well as ethical aspects that can vary per subsector (care for the elderly, psychiatry, chronic care, care for children and adolescents, ...) or with more punctual topics (fertility, end of life, pregnancy interruption, life differentiation and personal responsibility, ethics of digitization in care, ethical reflection on alternative medicine, etc ...). The choice of topics varies per academic year
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The student:
-knows the main arguments and main concepts of the broad concept of ethics of care (broader than medical ethics or bioethics) and knows about different ethical approaches
-Has knowledge of and insight into ethical assumptions in policy and organization in healthcare
-Has knowledge of and insight into intercultural-ethical approaches to healthcare issues and understands how philosophical, ethical and spiritual traditions can be relevant to the organization of care
-Can critically appraise (read, understand, analyze and compare) scientific (international) literature on ethical themes;
-Can present a care ethics perspective with relevance for a management, societal and policy level and discuss and argue this at an academic level;
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Oral exam: The course is assessed orally on the basis of the acquired theoretical knowledge and on the basis of the acquired insight about care ethics to address health care problems.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bridging Programme Master of Science in the Management and the Policy in Health Care: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Management and Policy in Health Care: Default track (only offered in Dutch)