Intensive Bioethics Course 2008
Some of the 2004 IBC participants at The Horn, Mt.Buffalo.(Photo courtesy Assoc. Prof. Bruce Waxman with thanks.)
Programme
- Sunday, November 23, 2008
- Monday, November 24, 2008
- Tuesday, November 25, 2008
- Wednesday, November 26, 2008
- Thursday, November 27, 2008
- Friday, November 28, 2008
| 18.00 | Registration & Welcome Dr Rob Sparrow Acting Director, Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
| 20.00 - 21.00 | Film: "Mademoiselle and the Doctor" |
| 21.00 - 21.30 | Discussion |
| 21.30 | Drinks |
Monday, November 24 |
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| 9.15 - 10.00 | Ethics, law and public policy: what is at stake? Dr Rob Sparrow Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 10.00 - 10.45 | Discussion |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Morning Tea |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | Utilitarian approaches to ethics Dr Linda Barclay Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 12.00 - 12.45 | Discussion |
| 13.00 - 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 - 15.00 | The science of stem cell research Dr Susan Hawes Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Discussion |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 16.00 - 16.45 | Who counts? Animals, embryos and permanent vegetative states Dr Rob Sparrow Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 16.45 - 17.15 | Discussion |
| 17.15 - 18.30 | Free time |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
| 20.30 | Film (optional): TBA |
Tuesday, November 25 |
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| 9.15 - 10.00 | Commercialisation of science and medicine Dr Linda Barclay Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 10.00 - 10.45 | Discussion |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Morning Tea |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | Regulating stem cell research Prof. Loane Skene Faculty of Law and Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne; Deputy Chair, Lockhart Committee on human cloning and embryo research |
| 12.00 - 12.45 | Discussion |
| 13.00 - 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 - 16.00 | Health care resource allocation exercise Dr Rob Sparrow Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 16.00 - 17.00 | Free Time |
| 17.00 - 17.45 | Prenatal diagnosis: perspectives from the disability rights movement Dr Lisa Bridle Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability (QCIDD) |
| 17.45 - 18.30 |
Discussion |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
| 20.30 | Film (optional): TBA |
Wednesday, November 26 |
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| 9.15 - 10.00 | Kantian ethics Dr Rob Sparrow Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 10.00 - 10.45 | Discussion |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Morning Tea |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | The role of autonomy, informed consent and best interests in healthcare decision-making Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 12.00 - 12.45 | Discussion |
| 13.00 - 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 - 18.30 | Group walk or free time |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
| 20.00 - 20.45 | Making life and death decisions Julian Gardner Former Public Advocate for Victoria |
| 20.45 - 21.15 | Discussion |
Thursday, November 27 |
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| 9.15 - 10.00 | Virtue ethics Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 10.00 - 10.45 | Discussion |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Morning Tea |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | Biobanks: the big issues Prof. Alan Petersen Sociology, Monash University |
| 12.00 - 12.45 | Discussion |
| 13.00 - 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 - 17.00 | Group walk or free time |
| 17.00 - 17.45 | Distributive justice and the rule of rescue Dr Paul Biegler Emergency Department, Sandringham and District Memorial Hospital |
| 17.45 - 18.30 | Discussion |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
| 20.00 - 20.45 | IBC Ethics panel Centre staff and IBC participants |
| 21.15 | Drinks |
Friday, November 28 |
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| 9.30 - 10.15 | Current issues for clinical ethics committees Assoc. Prof. Lynn Gillam Children's Bioethics Centre, Royal Children's Hospital and Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Centre for Health and Society (CHS), University of Melbourne |
| 10.15 - 10.45 | Discussion |
| 10.45 - 11.00 | Morning Tea |
| 11.00 - 11.45 | Forum on current issues for research ethics committees Assoc. Prof. Lynn Gillam Children's Bioethics Centre, Royal Children's Hospital and Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Centre for Health and Society (CHS), University of Melbourne |
| 11.45 - 12.15 | Discussion |
| 12.15 - 12.45 | Course Assessment - Questionnaire |
| 12.50 | Farewell Dr Rob Sparrow Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 13.00 | Lunch |