This free course, Ethics in science? discusses how scientists have a moral and ethical responsibility to consider whether they should carry out an experiment. In this short course you will learn of the first clinical trials undertaken forscurvy and small pox and gain an understanding of how much more rigorous today’s clinical trials are. You will conduct your own online research into an unethical scientist and finally look at some current moral dilemmas in science.Â
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Clinical trials
- 1 Clinical trials
- 1.1 Scurvy: The first clinical trial
- 1.2 Scurvy trial: Ethical critical review
- 2 Research integrity
- 2 Research integrity
- 2.1 Unethical scientists
- 2.2 Moral dilemmas in science
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
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Dear colleagues, this is an interesting course and I really benefits a lot in terms of ethical research.
