The Grifols Foundation Chair of Bioethics-UVIC and the Chair of Palliative Care at the UVic-UCC/ICO organize the course on an introduction to bioethics for healthcare professionals.
The aim of the course is to provide participants with tools to identify and analyze ethical dilemmas in their professional practice, and to discuss clinical decision-making from a bioethical perspective. The course will begin with an introduction to the origin and basic concepts of bioethics, before moving on to address issues such as how ethics committees operate, the rights of the patient, the clinical relationship, quality of life in complex decisions, and the allocation of health resources.
Teaching staff:
- Marius Morlans. Nephrologist. President of the Bioethics Committee of Catalonia.
- Francisco Montero. Philosopher and nurse
- Sergio Ramos. Philosopher. Professor of Bioethics at the University of Barcelona
- Núria Terribas. Jurist. Director of the Víctor Grífols and Lucas Foundation and of the UVic-UCC Bioethics Chair
- Xavier Gómez-Batiste. Professor at the UVic-UCC Faculty of Medicine. President of the UVic Palliative Care Chair
Online course 25 hours
From October 14 to December 15
Course given in Spanish
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The Ethics and Science Awards is now accepting applications. These awards aim to recognise projects that promote ethical debate on scientific and social issues across all levels of education, including primary, secondary, baccalaureate, special education and vocational training.
We are looking for projects that integrate ethics into science, research, the environment, health and society. The top projects will be awarded prizes of €5,000, €2,500 and €1,000.
What kinds of projects are eligible?
These can include service-learning projects or cross-school initiatives covering a wide range of topics such as aging, vaccination, the role of science, artificial intelligence, elder care, biodiversity, the environment, human rights, and more. You can find inspiration from past winners on the awards webpage.
You have until 30 November to submit your application.
Mental health disorders, ranging from mild to severe, have long been misunderstood and are often a source of social stigma. The fast-paced, stressful dynamics of modern society have exacerbated these conditions, leaving young people particularly vulnerable to mental health issues, with an alarming increase in adolescent suicides.
COVID-19 has also acted as a catalyst for this rise, triggering the onset of mental health disorders in many individuals, and the return to normalcy has failed to reverse these effects. Are we facing a new pandemic that will be far more challenging to address? We aim to explore these issues through the lens of the documentary 'Bailar la Locura' (Dancing Madness), and the insights of psychiatric experts.
The documentary is framed within a dance piece that portrays a journey into madness, exploring its boundaries and challenging the stigma which views madness as a deviation from the norm. In the film, three dancers interview women who have experienced psychiatric challenges in order to design a choreography that represents their journeys.
Following the documentary, there will be a debate featuring Marta Espar, the film's co-director, and Josep Ramos, a psychiatrist with an M.A. in Bioethics and extensive experience in the health management field.
2 October at 6:30 p.m.
In-person activity
Office of Amics de la UNESCO de Barcelona
c/Mallorca, 207 Barcelona
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