Schedule

Schedule

Module 1

14 September 2023

Introduction to Mining for Bankers
Time	Session	Presenter
09.00‑09.10	Welcome to Imperial College London	Betty Yue
09.10-09.30	Introduction to the Course (and each other)	Prof Raanan Gillon
09.30‑10.00	Introduction to Philosophical Medical Ethics	Prof Raanan Gillon
10.00‑10.30	Plenary discussion
10.30‑10.45	Break
10.45‑11.15	Theories of ethics concerned with rights and duties ('Deontological' Theories)	Dr Piers Benn
11.15-11.45	Facilitated small group discussion
11.45-12.15	Plenary feedback and discussion
12.15‑12.45	Break
12.45‑13.15	Theories of ethics concerned with maximising welfare ('Utilitarian' Theories)	Dr Alya Khan
13.15-13.45	Facilitated small group discussion
13.45-14.15	Plenary feedback and discussion
14.15‑14.30	Break
14.30‑15.00	Theories of ethics concerned with virtue ('Virtue Ethics')	Prof Alastair Campbell
15.00-15.30	Facilitated small group discussion
15.30-16.00	Plenary feedback and discussion
16.00	Close

Module 2

15 September 2023

Introduction to Mining for Bankers
Time	Session	Presenter
09.00-09.30	The value of life and the scope of morality	Prof John Harris
09.30-10.00	Facilitated small group discussion
10.00-10.30	Plenary feedback and discussion
10.30-10.45	Break
10.45-11.15	'Religion and ethics in a pluralist society- how ‘Double Effect’ and ‘Acts & Omissions’ are relevant to differences between Killing & Allowing to Die	Prof David Albert Jones
11.15-11.45	Facilitated small group discussion
11.45-12.15	Plenary feedback and discussion
12.15-12.45	Break
12.45-13.15	Ethics and the ‘Rule of Law’ - personal conscience and public expectations: the case of euthanasia	Prof Sir Jonathan Montgomery
13.15-13.45	Facilitated small group discussion
13.45-14.15	Plenary feedback and discussion
14.15-14.30	Break
14.30-15.00	What can medical ethics learn from medical humanities?	Dr John Spicer
15.00-15.30	Facilitated small group discussion
15.30-16.00	Plenary feedback and discussion
16.00	Close

Module 3
21 September 2023

Introduction to Mining for Bankers
Time	Session	Presenter
09.00-09.30	It’s not all about the money: the contributions of health economics to medical ethics	Prof Richard Cookson
09.30-10.00	Facilitated small group discussion
10.00-10.30	Plenary feedback and discussion
10.30-10.45	Break
10.45-11.15	Truth telling and medical practice	Dr Sabena Jameel
11.15-11.45	Facilitated small group discussion
11.45-12.15	Plenary feedback and discussion
12.15-12.45	Break
12.45-13.15	Paternalism and respect for autonomy in medical practice	Prof Emma Cave
13.15-13.45	Facilitated small group discussion
13.45-14.15	Plenary feedback and discussion
14.15-14.30	Break
14.30-15.00	Doctors’ duty of care: ethics and UK law	Dr Daniel Sokol
15.00-15.30	Facilitated small group discussion
15.30-16.00	Plenary feedback and discussion
16.00	Close

Module 4

22 September 2023

Introduction to Mining for Bankers
Time	Session	Presenter
09.00-09.30	Practical aspects of clinical ethics	Dr Wing May Kong
09.30-10.00	Facilitated small group discussion
10.00-10.30	Plenary feedback and discussion
10.30-10.45	Break
10.45-11.15	A framework for commitments, analysis and communication – the ‘four principles approach’	Prof Raanan Gillon
11.15-11.45	Facilitated small group discussion
11.45-12.15	Plenary feedback and discussion
12.15-12.45	Break
12.45-13.15	Moral Argument in the Context of a Particular Case - Introduction For this double session course members are asked to bring a medical ethics case about which they have a clear position and to be prepared to argue against that position. This exercise facilitates the understanding of different types of moral argument and of views opposed to one’s own.	Prof Kenneth Boyd
13.15-13.45	Facilitated small group discussion: very brief case outlines from participants followed by choice of case and of presenter.	Facilitators
13.45-14.45	Developing an argument opposing the presenter’s position to include responses to all the presenter’s actual arguments for that position.	Facilitators
14.45-15.00	Break
15.00-16.00	Presentations and analysis of the arguments.	Profs Boyd and Gillon and facilitators
16.00	Close

Module 5

28 September 2023

Time	Session	Presenter
09.00-09.30	Empirical ethics and research ethics: what can medical ethics learn from science- and vice versa?	Prof Teresa Pawlikowska
09.30-10.00	Facilitated small group discussion
10.00-10.30	Plenary feedback and discussion
10.30-10.45	Break
10.45-11.15	Compassion in medical practice and medical ethics	Dr Paquita de Zulueta
11.15-11.45	Facilitated small group discussion
11.45-12.15	Plenary feedback and discussion
12.15-12.45	Break
12.45-13.15	Contentious issues in medical ethics- understanding the arguments: abortion	Rebecca Mussell
13.15-13.45	Facilitated small group discussion
13.45-14.15	Plenary feedback and discussion
14.15-14.30	Break
14.30-15.00	Contentious issues in medical ethics- understanding the arguments: voluntary euthanasia/physician assisted dying	Dr John Chisholm
15.00-15.30	facilitated small group reflections
15.30-16.00	Plenary feedback and discussion
16.00	Close

Module 6

29 September 2023

Time	Session	Presenter
09.00-09.30	Justice and health care	Prof James Wilson
09.30-10.00	Facilitated small group discussion
10.00-10.30	Plenary feedback and discussion
10.30-10.45	Break
10.45-11.15	International medical ethics- the World Medical Association perspective	Dr Otmar Kloiber
11.15-11.45	Facilitated small group discussion
11.45-12.15	Plenary feedback and discussion
12.15-12.45	Break
12.45-13.15	Human rights and medical ethics	Dr Julian Sheather
13.15-13.45	Facilitated small group discussion
13.45-14.15	Plenary feedback and discussion
14.15-14.30	Break
14.30-15.00	Trying to be fair in practice: facilitated group discussions	Participants and facilitators
15.00-15.30	Plenary feedback and discussion of group discussions	Facilitators and Prof Raanan Gillon
15.30-16.00	Course members’ reflections on the course and its contents	Course members Raanan Gillon and Betty Yue
16.00	Close

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