Biomedical Ethics (BME201)

This course covers the ethics and morality of choices and decisions regarding medical research. It aims to develop a sense of heightened sensitivity and professionalism in bio-related research scientists and engineers.

• Ethics and Professionalism in Engineering
• Methods, Moral Concepts and Theories in Ethics
• Responsible Conduct of Science
• Ethics in Genetic Screening and Genetic Engineering
• Ethics of Live-sustaining Biomedical Engineering Design
• Bioethics regulations in Singapore

• Discuss the meaning of ethics, different ethical theories, and its applications in the area of biomedical sector.
• Compare traditional and current issues in biomedical ethics.
• Explain theories of ethics: teleological and deontological.
• Discuss in depth about the pros and cons of each ethical problem presented, and compare and contrast the different ethical views in a same problem.
• Apply the ethical decision tool as a guide in making an ethical decision.
• Examine potential ethical dilemmas in their work as a biomedical engineer, (e.g. in research, allocation of life sustaining machine).
• Recommend possible actions to be taken in responses to these dilemmas.
• Identify the probable consequences of those actions.