Nada Gosić Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities. Research results of the bioethical education curricula on universities in Croatia

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1 Nada Gosić Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities Research results of the bioethical education curricula on universities in Croatia Medical School Rijeka Bioethics Education in Croatia Purpose of research: Demonstrate of scientific and other perspectives in bioethical course contents. This presentation intends to research the introduction of the concept of integrative bioethics into the teaching programs and course subjects realized as the bioethics curriculum in Croatia 1

2 Methods: 1.The pattern included bioethics teaching programs and course subjects realized at schools from scientific fields: Biomedicine and Health Sciences, Biotechnical Sciences and Humanistic Sciences; (four are medical, two dental medicine, two biotecnical studies, four philosophical and four theology schools); 2. Method of content analysis - was used to analyze the conceptualization of the contents of bioethics education; 3. Comparative method established similarities and differences in the conceptual approach to bioethics education, presented basic approach to a bioethics curriculum. Schools included in the pattern: Scientific field of biomedicine and health sciences: Medical studies (Medical Schools: Zagreb, Split, Osijek, Rijeka) Studies of dental medicine (Faculty of Dental Medicine Zagreb, Medical School Rijeka) Studies: Medical-laboratory diagnostics, Medical Radiology, Nursing, Physical therapy, Work therapy (Medical School in Rijeka, School of Professional Higher Education in Health Sciences, Zagreb) Study of veterinary medicine (School of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb) 2

3 Schools and studies Scientific field of biotechnical sciences: School of Food Technology and Biotechnology in Zagreb College of Agriculture at Križevci Schools and studies Scientific field of the humanities: Studies of philosophy (Schools of Philosophy: Zagreb 2, Rijeka, Zadar, Osijek Studies of theology (Catholic Faculty of Theology: Zagreb, Split, Đakovo, Theology in Rijeka) 3

4 Bioethical contents on universities in the scientific field of biomedicine and health sciences School of Professional Higher Education in Health Sciences in Zagreb Medical School Zagreb Course of study/content Split Medical ethics (1) Osijek Medical ethics How to apply the Hippocratic Oath today Right to life (3) Medical ethics How to apply the Hippocratic Oath today Right to life (3) Study Nursing Work therapy Medical-laboratory diagnostics Physiotherapy Course of study/content Philosophy and bioethics in healthcare Ethics and standards of practise in work therapy Medical ethics Bioethics Rijeka Medical ethics, Bioethics, Bioethics in healthcare, Clinical bioethics, Bioethics and the culture of dialogue in medicine, Bioethics and the culture of dialogue in nursing, On health differently (7) Medical radiology Law and ethics 4

5 School of Dental Medicine and School of Veterinary Medicine School of Dental Medicine School of Veterinary Medicine No special content some teaching units in the course of Sociology of the dentistry profession (patient rights) Veterinary ethics Results: Scientific field of Biomedicine and Health Sciences Total of 17 bioethical contents 1 School of Veterinary Medicine 1 Medical School: Split 3 Medical Schools in Zagreb, Osjek 5 School of Professional Higher Education in Health Sciences, Zagreb 7 Medical School in Rijeka Common content of all Medical Schools: Medical Ethics Bioethics as an independent subject: School of Professional Higher Education in Health Sciences in Zagreb; Medical School in Rijeka 5

6 Representation and number of scientific perspectives in the scientific field of Biomedicine and Health Sciences On insight into the list of obligatory literature School Scientific perspectives No. Medical School in Rijeka Medical School in Osijek Medical School in Split Medical School in Zagreb Medical, Sociological, Philosophical, Theological, Legal Medical, Philosophical, Theological, Legal 4 Medical, Theological 2 Medical, Philosophical, Theological, Legal 4 Health Sciences School Medical, Theological, Legal 3 Faculty of Dental Medicine Sociological, Legal 2 5 Similarities and differences in defining aims of bioethical education in the scientific field of biomedicine and health sciences Aims Adoption of knowledge on the influence of technological and scientific achievements on morality and ethics in medicine Adopting responsibility for the application of ethical standards that establish judgments on the qualities of ethical argumentation Solution of bioethical dilemmas confronting the physicians and other health workers Obligations and duties of physicians and other health workers to patients Indicating the pluriperspectivity and the integrative approach to the solution of bioethical problems Schools Medical School in Rijeka Medical School in Rijeka Medical School in Rijeka Medical School: Rijeka, Zagreb, Osijek, Split, School of Professional Higher Education in Health Sciences, Zagreb Medical School Rijeka 6

7 Result: similarities and differences in defining aims of bioethical education in the scientific area of biomedicine and health sciences Bioethical contents on schools in the scientific field of biotechnical sciences A total of 5 aims Common 1: duties of medical and healthcare workers to patients Interdisciplinarity of bioethical contents: Medical School in Rijeka Pluriperspectivity and integrative approach to bioethical problems - Medical School in Rijeka Schools School of Food Technology and Biotechnology Course of Study/Study course content 1. Nutritions of women through the life age; elderly person; sportsmen and soldiers; 2. Sociology and psychology of nutrition 3.Society and ecology College of Agriculture at Križevci 1. Agricultural sociology and bioethics; 2. Bioethics 7

8 Result: Representation and number of scientific perspectives in the scientific field of biotechnological sciences Scientific field of biotechnological sciences: A total of bioethical contents: 7 Bioethics as an independent subject: College of Agriculture at Križevci Bioethical contents within other courses of study: School of Food Technology and Biotechnology in Zagreb (5) College of Agriculture at Križevci (1) Pluriperspectivity as an aim is not defined On insight into the list of obligatory literature Schools Scientific perspectives No. School of Food Technology and Biotechnology College of Agriculture at Križevci Medicical, Biotechnology, Ecology, Psychological 4 Biotechnology, Sociology, Philosophy 3 8

9 Bioethical contents on schools for the humanistic sciences Result: scientific area of the humanistic sciences, field of philosophy Schools of Philosophy School of Philosophy Zagreb School of Philosophy Osijek School of Philosophy Zadar Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus School of Philosophy Rijeka Course of study/course subject content Bioethics Bioethics Applied Ethics Bioethics 1.Bioethics, 2.Bioethical Education; 3. Bioethics and the female issue A total of bioethical contents: 4 Bioethics as an independent subject: School of Philosophy in Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus, School of Philosophy in Osijek, and Rijeka Bioethical contents within other course subjects: School of Philosophy in Rijeka (2); School of Philosophy in Zadar (1) 9

10 Representation and number of scientific perspectives in the scientific field of the humanities field of philosophy Result: similarities and differences in defining aims of bioethical education in the scientific area of the humanistic sciences field of philosophy On insight into the list of obligatory literature Schools of Philosophy Schools Scientific perspectives No. Philosophical in Zagreb Philosophical in Osijek Philosophical in Rijeka Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus Philosophical in Zadar Philosophical, Medical, Sociological, Theological, Legal 5 Philosophical, Medical, Sociological, Theological, Legal 5 Medical, Pedagogical, Philosophical, Theological 4 Medical, Theological Philosophical, Theological, Sociological 2 3 Aims Interdisciplinarity of bioethics -The subject aims to introduce students with the interdisciplinary and pluriperspective approach to moral issues that arise from the scientific-technological progress of modern civilization, and are focused in the category of life and its entirety, and to qualify students for autonomous argumentation and orientation in key dilemmas of contemporary humanity To introduce students to bioethics problems and its role in contemporary society. Interdisciplinarity of bioethics, Ability of critical opinion Schools Zagreb, Osijek Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus Rijeka, Zadar 10

11 Bioethical contents on schools of the humanistic sciences field of theology Result: scientific area of the humanistic sciences field of theology Schools of theology Schools Catholic Faculty of Theology Zagreb Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo Catholic Faculty of Theology Split Theology in Rijeka Course of study/corse of teaching subject content 1.Bioethics, sexual and marital morality; 2. Theological-bioethical aspects of invitro fertilization; 3.Pastoral medicine. 1.Bioethics, sexual and marital morality; 2. Pastoral for the elderly, ill, dying and grieving 1.Bioethics; 2. Ethics of life; 1. Bioethics, sexual and marital morality; 2. Pastoral work with the addicted: 3. Rights of patients. Total of bioethical contents 9 Bioethics as an independent subject: Catholic Faculty of Theology in Split Common bioethical contents: Bioethics, sexual and marital morality Bioethical contents within other subjects: Catholic Faculty of Theology in Zagreb (2) Theology in Rijeka (2) Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo (1) Catholic Faculty of Theology in Split (1) 11

12 Representation and number of scientific perspectives in the scientific area of the humanities field of theology Total research results On insight into the obligatory literature Scientific fields and number of bioethical contents Schools Scientific perspectives No. Catholic Faculty of Theology in Zagreb Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo Catholic Faculty of Theology in Split Theology in Rijeka Theological Theological 1 1 Theological, Philosophical, Sociological, Medical 4 Theological 1 Scientific field Biomedicine and health sciences Humanistic sciences Biotechnical sciences Total number of bioethical contents Bioethics course of study number of schools Total number Bioethical contents within other course subjects 12

13 Degree of pluriperspectivity of bioethics according to the number of scientific perspectives in bioethical contents and scientific fields Conclusions: Number of bioethical contens and degree of pluriperspectivity Number of perspectives Degree of pluriperspectivity Scientific areas and schools 2 Initial degree Medical School Split, Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus, Faculty of Dental Medicine 3 Middle degree College of Agriculture at Križevci, School of Philosophy in Zadar, School of Professional Higher Education in Health Sciences in Zagreb 4 Above average Catholic Faculty of Theology in Split, School of Food Technology and Biotechnology 1. Diverse is the representation of scientific perspectives in bioethical contents of the schools in pattern; 2. Diverse is the number of scientific perspectives in bioethical contents of the same schools; 3. The lowest number of scientific perspectives is 1, and the highest 5; 4. Three schools in pattern (3) have an initial degree of bioethical pluriperspectivity schools belong to different scientific areas; 5 High degree School of Philosophy in Zagreb, School of Philosophy in Osijek, School of Medicine in Rijeka 13

14 Conclusions: Conclusions: Models of Pluriperspectivity: 5. Three schools in pattern have a middle degree of pluriperspectivity of bioethical contents schools belong to different scientific fields; For models of pluriperspectivity we can emphasize: School of Philosophy in Zagreb and Osijek and Medical School in Rijeka. 6. Two schools in pattern have an above averige degree of bioethical pluriperspectivity schools belong to different scientific fields; 7. Three schools in pattern have a high degree of bioethical pluriperspectivity schools belong to different scientific fields; 14

15 Conclusions: Pluriperspectivity and Integrativity The level of scientific pluriperspectivity of bioethical contents realized in Croatia, especially on schools with the higher degree of pluriperspectivity, presents the development of bioethical education in the direction of integrativity 15