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ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Biomedical Laboratory techniques
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2019/2020
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2019/2020
Credits: 
3
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
36
Requirements: 

A good general knowledge acquired by the media and literary texts. The basic skills are the same as for access to the degree course.

Final Examination: 
Orale

BIOETHICS
A written multiple choice test (10/20 questions about the whole course-contents) is eventually submitted. The test shows the reached level of theoretical knowledge, of ethics-applying skills and of other competences in medical humanities.

OR:
ORG/REG.:
An oral examination will verify the degree of knowledge, competence, applying skills, scientific understanding, learning capacity, communication ability and evaluation autonomy.

SdM:
HISTORY of MED.:
The exam consists of an oral test that deals with questions related to the program.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

BIOETHICS
Training the students for a coherent ethical reasoning in biomedical contexts of research, practice and work; fostering the personal skills in perceiving a moral dilemma, in justifying an individual evaluation and in dealing with a disagreement inside the staff; implementing the competences in narrative ethics.

ORGANIZATION AND REGULATION OF THE PROFESSION(OR)
Furthermore the goal is to acquire awareness of own professional figure through the study of the history of the Laboratory Technician (LT) and the main laws regulating his activity to know how to position properly and profitably in a laboratory, in relation with other professionals.

HISTORY OF MEDICINE (SdM)
Moreover another objective is to provide students with educational tools useful for understanding History of Medicine and Paleopathology. Therefore,
at the end of the course, the student is expected to have acquired the following skills:
1) To know History of Medicine and Paleopathology
2) To understand the developments of Medicine for different biomedical specialties
3) Be able to recognize the most common pathologies in osteoarchaeological finds
4) To know the biomedical techniques applied to the study of osteoarchaeological finds
5) To understand the meaning of pathocenosis

The introductory theoretical lessons, given by the teacher, display ethical theories, moral principles, ways of reasoning, logical rules, linguistic ambiguities, different styles of behavior and controversial cases, with regard to the pluralistic social arena. Students are invited to react, to raise questions and objections, to ask for clarification and deepening, to debate the issues in the class-group, to demand further teaching aids. Narrative texts, especially motion pictures, involve the students in the emotional heart of complex situations, foster the expression of individual insights and feelings, prepare a mature staff discussion and shared decision.
History of Medicine:
Frontal lessons and interactive discussion

Modules