Bio-ethics and Bio-law (Joint degree)

Health Sciences

Credits: 60 ECTS
Duration: 1 year
Methodology: Semi classroom-based
Type: Inter-university
Place:
- On-line. Two week-end classroom-based sessions (Thursday night to Sunday afternoon) a year to be held in ULL or ULPGC
Academic direction:
- Emilio J. Sanz Álvarez (master.bioetica@ull.es)

Capacity building for professionals to identify the ethical problems in the health area and it is aimed specifically at providing the training necessary to facilitate the creation of Care Ethics Committees (CEA, in Spanish). It is also supplemented with a broader view, as an inter-disciplinary programme has been planned from the very start, ensuring that the academic management and teaching are based on experience and training in different, but complementary areas related to Bio-ethics, Bio-law (Law, Medicine, Research and clinical trials and Nursing)

Professionals with an interest in Bio-ethics. It builds specific capacities for being a member of Research Ethics Committees, Clinical Research Ethics Committees, Animal Welfare and Research Committees and Care Ethics Committees

Generales

Habilidades de gestión de la información (habilidad para buscar y analizar información proveniente de fuentes diversas)
Conocimientos básicos de la profesión
Capacidad de análisis y síntesis
Capacidad de organizar y planificar
Comunicación oral y escrita en la propia lengua
Resolución de problemas
Capacidad crítica y autocrítica
Trabajo en equipo
Compromiso ético
Capacidad de aplicar los conocimientos en la práctica
Habilidades de investigación
Capacidad de adaptarse a nuevas circunstancias
Habilidad para trabajar de manera autónoma
Conocer y saber identificar las clases, valor y efectos de los documentos
Saber redactar diferentes escritos ante las diversas instancias judiciales

Be in possession of one of the following qualifications: Degree or Master in medicine, Degree or Master in Law, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Psychology or other related fields, Graduates in these fields, pursuant to other syllabuses
Students are expected to be sensitive towards the values of respect and the dignity of people, without distinction between cultures, creeds or sexual orientation, and committed to improving society
Pursuant to DECREE 168/2008, 22nd July, regulating the procedure, requisites and assessment criteria for authorising the implementation of university studies leading to the obtainment of the official qualifications of Degree, Master and PhD in the Autonomous Region of the Canary Islands (ar. 4.5), students must accredit knowledge of a second language, preferably English with a suitable level and in consonance with teaching needs. This level is usually B1