Curricular Unit:Code:
Ethics and Professional Deontology161EDPR
Year:Level:Course:Credits:
3UndergraduatePhysiotherapy3 ects
Learning Period:Language of Instruction:Total Hours:
Portuguese39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
(i) To understand their ethical and cultural context;
(ii) 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;
(iii) 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;
(iv) To know how to solve ethical and deontological dilemmas in the field of physiotherapy and to know how to build and ground personal ethical and deontological arguments.
Syllabus:
1st Unit – Fundamental concepts: 1. General definitions of “ethics”; 2. General definitions of “bioethics”; 3. General definitions of “deontology”; 4. The “golden rule of ethics and respect for other’s suffering; 5. The four prima facie principles; 5.1. Beneficence; 5.2. Non-maleficence; 5.3. Justice; 5.4. Autonomy; 6. Helsinki Declaration.
2nd Unit – Professional Deontology: 1. Process of decision-making; 2. Deontological Principles in the field of Physiotherapy: Patterns of Practice of the Portuguese Association of Physiotherapy; 3. Case studies and their solutions according to the APF’s Patterns of Practice.
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 fulfillment 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 fulfillment 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 two written tests (the first one, theoretical; the second one, resolution of a dilemma), as well as on the participation of the students in the execution of theoretical and practical tasks in the classroom, and on the participation of scientific activities such as seminaries and conferences existing in the University.
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 overview of the four prima facie principles emphasizing their relevance for fisiotherapists. Theoretical overview of the Helsinki Declaration emphasizing its relevance for research and for the issues of informed consent. Theoretical exercise of consolidation of knowledge from Unit 1. 2nd Unit – Theoretical exposition of the structure and the steps of the process of ethical decision making; Presentation of the structure, general and specific principles, and various sections of the Patterns of Practice of the Portuguese Association of Physiotherapy. Theoretical exercise of consolidation of knowledge from unit 2 (resolution of a dilemma in the field of ethics in physiotherapy).
Reading:
Almeida & Júnior,“A Sensibilidade e a humanização dos cuidados em saúde”, in: O Mundo da Saúde 2012;36:407-415
Fidalgo, A.(2017).Ética Mínima. Pequeno Guia para Tempos Difíceis. Gradiva: Lx
Serrão, D. (2010).“A dignidade humana no mundo pós-moderno”. In: Revista portuguesa de bioética, 11 (Julho 2010),191-199
Serrão, D. (2009).“Autonomia: um difícil conceito”. In: Revista portuguesa de bioética, 8 (Setembro 2009), 175-185.
Serrão (2010).“O pensar e o agir com discernimento em bioética”. In: Revista portuguesa de bioética, 12 (Novembro 2010). 343-352.
Taveira, M. A. (2011).“Ética e responsabilidade na investigação científica com participantes humanos”. In: Revista portuguesa de bioética, 13 (Abril 2011), 91-112.
APF. Padrões de Prática
Toldy, T. & Estrada, R.(2017),"A vulnerabilidade como lugar ético: sobre De Profundis, Valsa Lenta, de José Cardoso Pires", in: Didaskalia (2017) 11: 235-242