Health Care Ethics (HCE)

HCE 400 Fieldwork: Clinical Bioethics (3 credits)

The purpose of this course is to give students practical experience in clinical bioethics from various perspectives-medical, ethical, legal, financial, etc. The students will attend Interdisciplinary Ethics Teaching Rounds with the Medical Interns/Residents at the Mercy Catholic Medical Center one day a week. During these rounds they will examine cases from the general floors, the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and the Surgical Intensive Care Units (SICUs). They will also be given the opportunity to attend Institutional Ethics Committee Meetings, Institutional Review Board (IRB) meetings and to participate in clinical ethics consults as they arise during the course.

HCE 490 Internship Health Care Ethics (3 credits)

HCE 493 Health Care Ethics Research (3 credits)

This course would examine specific clinical issues in medicine in cooperation with a faculty member of the Institute of Clinical Bioethics. Normally requires three hours of work per week for each unit of credit. Students need to complete the application form for independent study and have the approval of the department chair and Associate Dean.

Attributes: Undergraduate

HCE 494 Health Care Ethics Research (3 credits)

This course would examine specific clinical issues in medicine in cooperation with a faculty member of the Institute of Clinical Bioethics. Normally requires three hours of work per week for each unit of credit. Students need to complete the application form for independent study and have the approval of the department chair and Associate Dean.