Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Yenepoya University Postgraduate Diploma in Bioethics and Medical Ethics (PGDBEME) Admission Notice 2012-2013


Yenepoya University,
Recognized under Sec 3 A of the UGC Act 1956
Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018
Cell: +919449003989; email: bioethics@yenepoya.edu.in


Postgraduate Diploma in Bioethics and Medical Ethics (PGDBEME) Admission Notice 2012-2013

The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University offers the first-ever postgraduate diploma in bioethics & medical ethics (PGDBEME) in the country. This one-year course (third batch) commencing from January 2013 (six contact programs of two days each, every alternate month) is designed keeping in mind the GAPS in the system of teaching and training of ethics and attempts to bring ethics to the forefront of the healthcare system. The course exposes the student to the basics of ethics, morality, theology and philosophy and their inter-relatedness in health care, technology and research involving human subjects.

Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with asking questions about and seeking answers on morality; good versus bad and right versus wrong. Application of ethics in the real world has led to development of certain specialized areas of applied ethics (bioethics, research ethics, business ethics, media ethics, clinical ethics and action ethics).

Objectives:
 To train participants in various branches of ethics
 To impart skill to develop ethical reflections based on theories of ethics
 To be able solve complex ethical issues involving healthcare
 To know how ethics committees function and learn the issues in research ethics

Eligibility:
Masters in any disciplines relating to Health, Law, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities

Last Date: Last date for receipt of completed application form along with fees and a letter of intent (not more than 500 words) is 15 December 2012.

For application form and further details contact
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics
Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018
Cell: +919449003989; email: bioethics@yenepoya.edu.in

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