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30 credits selected as follows:
Human Genetics : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Human Genetics : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Human Genetics : Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
12 credits from:
Bio-Ethics : Overview of moral theoretical approaches to bioethics, as well as explorations of critical responses, meta-ethical foundations, methodological questions, and ethical issues arising in bioethics scholarship.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Friesen, Phoebe (Fall)
Bio-Ethics : Four hours per week supervised placement within health care settings (e.g., intensive care, family practice, clinical ethics committees). In addition, students shall be assigned for the last month of the term to a single intensive placement. Participation in rounds, case discussions, and a weekly seminar.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Wade, Lucie (Winter)
Human Genetics : Directed training in selected methods. Form and content are flexible to allow the department to meet specific student demands and needs.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Human Genetics : This course will emphasize the principles and practice of human genetics, including an overview of the fundamental aspects of human genetics pertaining to chromosomes and mutations, population, cancer and development genetics, the inheritance of complex traits.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Dewar, Ken; Engert, Jamie; Bhérer, Claude; Joly, Yann; Majewska, Loydie; Lavoie, Josee; Yamanaka, Yojiro; Kleinman, Claudia; Walsh, Logan; Farhan, Sali (Fall)
Restriction: For Department of Human Genetics graduate students.
3 credits from the following:
Comparative Law : The study of legal and ethical issues raised in medicine and healthcare with a particular focus upon the relationship between patient and healthcare professionals.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Khoury, Lara (Winter)
Philosophy : An advanced course devoted to a particular philosophical problem as it arises in the context of medical practice or the application of medical technology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 543.
Religious Studies : The seminar will discuss a variety of topics related to medicine and religion from the point of view of ethics, such as the pact of care between a patient and a physician, the Hippocratic oath, the notions of autonomy and vulnerability, the definitions of personhood and human dignity, the question of rights for people with cognitive disabilities, the debate about the role of religion in bioethics.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.