Postgraduate Course: The Human Body, Ethics, Society and the Law (BIME11005)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Biomedical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Course description: The course will consist of lectures and seminars on: ethical principles, perspectives and arguments relevant to the biomedical sciences; social and cultural perspectives on the human body, anatomical investigation, and the moral status of the human embryo; posthumous and proprietary interests in the human body; international, comparative and UK law on cadavers, organs, tissues and genetic material; the responsibilities of anatomists in the use of morally problematic material to the bereaved in professional education.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 30, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 68 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	An essay(100%)
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: On completion of the course, students should have gained a theoretical and practical grounding in ethical principles and perspectives relevant to the biomedical sciences Knowledge of UK and comparative law and regulation relevant to anatomy A critical awareness of social, cultural and moral perspectives on the human body and anatomical investigation A developing capacity for reflective professional practice