Centre for Bioscience, The Higher Education Academy


 

Professional Development Programme

Ethics Teaching: one dilemma after another?

Thursday 26th February, 2004

University of Bristol

This was the third in a series of events in collaboration with our Special Interest Group on Teaching Ethics to Bioscience Students. Over 35 delegates traveled to Bristol to attend the day which was a mix of activities, presentations and opportunities for discussion, as well as the opportunity to hear the results from the Special Interest Group's survey into the provision of ethics teaching in the biosciences

 

Programme
 
10.00 Registration; Tea and Coffee
10.20 Welcome and Introduction
Dr Andy Bond, University of Westminster
  • Intoduction to the day along with results for the survey of ethics teaching undertaken by the Special Interest Group.
10.30 Update
LTSN Bioscience
10.35 Keynote: Ethics Teaching
Prof John Bryant, Convenor of the Special Interest Group in Teaching Ethics to Bioscience
11.05 Developing a code of ethics for the biosciences
Dr Nancy Jones, Wake Forest University Medical College, North Carolina, USA
11.35 Challenges in the teaching of ethics
12.30 Lunch
13.15 Report Back on Challenges in the teaching of ethics
Three presentations from speakers outlining how they addressed a similar challenge to one of those mentioned above.
  • Prof Valerie McKelvey-Martin
  • Dr Andy Bond
  • Prof John Bryant
15.00 Refreshments
15.15 Swapshop
Short contributions from attendees
15.45 Plenary and tie-up
Prof John Bryant, University of Exeter

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