Intensive Bioethics Course 2009
Some of the 2004 IBC participants at The Horn, Mt.Buffalo.(Photo courtesy Assoc. Prof. Bruce Waxman with thanks.)
Programme
- Sunday, November 29, 2009
- Monday, November 30, 2009
- Tuesday, December 1, 2009
- Wednesday, December 2, 2009
- Thursday, December 3, 2009
- Friday, December 4, 2009
| 18.00 | Registration & Welcome Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley Director, Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
| 20.00 | Film: title TBA |
| 21.00 | Discussion |
| 21.30 | Drinks |
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Monday, November 30 |
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| 9.15 - 10.00 | What is at stake, and who counts? Dr Rob Sparrow Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 10.00 - 10.45 | Discussion |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Morning Tea |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | Kantian ethics Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 12.00 - 12.45 | Discussion |
| 13.00 - 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 - 15.00 | Utilitarianism Dr Rob Sparrow Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Discussion |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 16.00 - 16.45 | Current work in human embryonic stem cell research Dr Susan Hawes Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories |
| 16.45 - 17.15 | Discussion |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
| 20.30 | Evening free |
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Tuesday, December 1 |
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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 | Autonomy and informed consent Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 12.00 - 12.45 | Discussion |
| 13.00 - 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 - 15.00 | Making end-of-life decisions Julian Gardner Former Public Advocate for Victoria |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Discussion |
| 16.00 - 16.45 | Best interests, paternalism, and surrogate decision-making Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 16.45 - 17.30 |
Discussion |
| 18.00 | Dinner |
| 20.15 - 21.00 | Should women be paid for giving their eggs to stem cell science? 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 |
| 21.00 - 21.45 | Discussion |
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Wednesday, December 2 |
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| 9.15 - 10.00 | Feminist approaches to bioethics Dr Catherine Mills Sesqui Lecturer in Bioethics, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney |
| 10.00 - 10.45 | Discussion |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Morning Tea |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | Distributive justice and the rule of rescue Dr Paul Biegler Emergency Department, Sandringham and District Memorial Hospital |
| 12.00 - 12.45 | Discussion |
| 13.00 - 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 - 15.00 | Health care resource allocation exercise Dr Rob Sparrow Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Discussion |
| 15.30 - 18.30 | Group walk/free time |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
| 20.30 | Film (optional, title TBC): eg. Singer: A Dangerous Mind |
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Thursday, December 3 |
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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 - 12.45 | 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 |
| 13.00 - 14.15 | Lunch |
| 14.15 - 15.00 | Issues in research ethics Dr Linda Barclay Centre for Human Bioethics |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Discussion |
| 16.00 - 17.30 | Human 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 |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
| 20.00 | Evening free |
| 21.15 | Drinks |
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Friday, December 4 |
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| 9.30 - 10.45 | IBC Ethics Panel Lynn, Linda and Justin |
| 10.45 - 11.00 | Morning Tea |
| 11.00 - 11.45 | Ethical issues in biobanking Prof. Alan Petersen Sociology, Monash University |
| 11.45 - 12.15 | Discussion |
| 12.15 - 12.45 | Course Assessment - questionnaire |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Farewell |
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