Publication Title
Medicine, health care, and philosophy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2018
Keywords
Belgium; Bioethics; Cultural Diversity; Curriculum; Education, Graduate; Humans; International Cooperation; Italy; Models, Educational; Netherlands; Organizational Objectives; Students; Bioethics education; Erasmus Mundus Master of Bioethics; Graduate education in bioethics; Moral imperialism
Abstract
Designing bioethics curriculum for international postgraduate students is a challenging task. There are at least two main questions, which have to be resolved in advance: (1) what is a purpose of a particular teaching program and (2) how to respectfully arrange a classroom for students coming from different cultural and professional backgrounds. In our paper we analyze the case of the Erasmus Mundus Master of Bioethics program and provide recommendations for international bioethics education. In our opinion teaching bioethics to postgraduate international students goes beyond curriculum. It means that such a program requires not only well-defined goals, including equipping students with necessary skills and knowledge, but also it should first and foremost facilitate positive group dynamics among students and enables them to engage in dialogue to learn from one another.
Specialty/Research Institute
Biomedical Ethics
Specialty/Research Institute
Graduate Medical Education
