Electives:
Research Ethics for Public Health
Course Description:
Offered at the School of Public Health, this course presents a survey of ethical issues in health care research with implications for future public health investigators.
In addition to topical areas and the history of research ethics, case-based discussions will deal with foundational concepts such as ethical issues in study design and methods; informed consent; oversight issues and the responsibilities of investigators in protecting human subjects.
Students will become familiar with moral issues in research and develop an ethical framework for planning and conducting investigations.
