BI201202 ETICS IN MEDICAL LABORATORY WORK

HB 10500 Medical laboratory Technology I

On course completion students should have
- developed a holistic view on human integrity and rights
- achieved ability to reveal conflicts of value, and ethical dilemmas in practical health- and social work on individual, group and societal level.
- achieved ability to ethical reflection and developed ethical alert measures in dealing with patients.
- the proper attitude to approach patients while blood collecting.
- developed ability to deal with his or her own traumatic experiences due to patient contact
- developed a humane view in accordance to the common values of heath workers. This is to follow the student throughout the course and later in professional life.
- developed an understanding of a good psycho-social working environment

List of topics: Ethics:
- human rights
- ethical theory: ethics of duty, ethics of mind , ethics of consequences and ethics of care
- different sets of moral and ethical values
- ethical dilemma in the health- and social sector, training in ethical reflection
- power, coercion and control
- working ethics – principles and values
- working ethics – guidelines for medical laboratory technologists
- working ethics – problem cases
- protection of privacy
Medical laboratory technology:
- collecting blood specimens from patients

Lectures and group exercises

Group examination. Presence in compulsory classes is prerequisite to be presented for examination.