Curricular Unit:			Code:
Ethics and Professional Deontology			1019EDPR
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
3	Undergraduate	Clinical Analyses and Public Health	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
To understand the nature of a reflection on ethics in the field of Health. To analyse the main theories on ethics and their relationship with the context of Health. To ground ethic decisions making in an ethic reasoning. To develop axiological skills in the process of ethic decisions. To know the legal frame of the professional career of Superior Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technicians (TSDT).
Syllabus:
1st Unit – Fundamental concepts: 1. General definitions of ethics, deontology and morals. 1.1. General definitions of “deontology”; 1.2. The “golden rule of ethics. 1.3. Communication and humanization 2nd Unit – Deontology: 2. The four prima facie principles: 2.1. Beneficence; 2.2. Non-maleficence; 2.3. Autonomy; 2.4. Justice. 2. Ethic and deontological frames of the profession. 2.6. Genetic tests. 2.7. Codes of ethics in the field of universities and of research. 2.8. Ethical and deontological issues of transplantations. 2.9. Ethical and legal issues of incompatible transplantations.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
1st unit:Syllabus contents focus on specific theoretical issues in the area of ethics and bioethics, thus enabling the fulfilment of the course objectives, skills and human capacity to have an ethical reasoning and practice. 2nd unit:Syllabus contents focus on the theoretical practical application of knowledge in the field of deontology, thus enabling the fulfilment of the course objectives, namely: to know how to apply the acquired knowledge in the field of ethics and deontology by demonstrating a professional approach based on ethics, to the work in the field of physiotherapy, to know how to gather, select and interpret the relevant information, especially in their scientific area, in order to be able to give an ethical justification of decisions and of judgments in professional field; and to know how to solve ethical and deontological dilemmas in their professional field and to know how to build and ground personal ethical and deontological arguments.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Teaching methodology will include theoretical lecturing, research, and reading of specific references, as well as thematic debating and critical reflection. Assessment will be continuous and based on one written test (theoretical, about the first unit); the second part of the assessement will be theoretical-practical, based in working papers). Final grade: 50%+50%.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
1st unit – Theoretical overview of the concept of ethics, deontology and morals as well as of the relation and difference between them. Theoretical overview of need for empathy with the suffering and the others. Theoretical exercise of consolidation of knowledge from Unit 1. 2nd Unit – Theoretical overview focused on the current practice of Superior Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technicians (TSDT). Profile of the profession. Legislation about the TSDT and frame of the profession in the field of biomedical laboratorial sciences. Informed consent. Management of human resources, equipment and stocks. Theoretical exercise or team work.
Reading:
EaD UNIVALI/EDUCON • SUPERIOR DE TECNOLOGIA, Moral e Ética: https://www.unitins.br/bibliotecamidia/Files/Documento/AVA_634274281944622778aula_6___apostila___inf_e_soc___tads_t2007.pdf Motta, O.J.R. e Paulo, A.J.S. (2020). Bioética E O Principialismo de Beauchamp e Childress: Noções, Reflexões E Críticas. Braz. J. Hea. Ver 3 (2) 2436-2448. Zanon, A. (2020). O princípio da alteridade de Lévinas como fundamento para a responsabilidade ética. Perseitas, 8. pp. 75-103. Convenções de Helsínquia e Oviedo. investigação Biomédica. Testes genéticos. Transplantação. Manual Boas Práticas Laboratoriais. Decreto-lei nº 110/2017 de 31 agosto 2017, 1ª série Decreto-lei nº 111/2017 de 31 agosto 2017, 1ª série Decreto-Lei nº 25/2019 de 11 de fevereiro de 2019, da 1ª série Portaria 154/2020 de 23 de junho de 2020 Lei 34-2021 de 8 junho 2021 Outra documentação a ser disponibilizada pela docente posteriormente.
Lecturer (* Responsible):
Teresa Toldy (toldy@ufp.edu.pt)