Schedule

Date Topic/Readings Assignments
1/15 (Wed) Introduction: Between Scandal & Protectionism
Reading questions.
Michael D. Lemonick & Andrew Goldstein, with Alice Park, “At Your Own Risk”.
Martin E. P. Seligman, “Infectious Disease” and “Ethics and Institutional Review Boards”.		  
1/19 (Sun)   CITI module set #1 completed (assignment).
1/22 (Wed) American Post-War Research Scandals
Reading questions.
John D. Arras, “The Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital Case”.
James H. Jones, “The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment”.		 Journal entry #1 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn (guidelines) (template).
1/26 (Sun)

 

 CITI module set #2 completed (assignment).
1/29 (Wed)

Informed Consent & The Therapeutic Misconception
Reading questions.
Dan W. Brock, “Philosophical Justifications of Informed Consent in Research”.
Paul S. Appelbaum & Charles W. Lidz, “The Therapeutic Misconception”.

 Journal entry #2 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn (guidelines) (template).
2/2(Sun)   CITI module set #3 completed (assignment).
2/5 (Wed) Research Involving Non-Human Animals
Reading questions.
Jerrold Tannenbaum and Andrew N. Rowan, “Rethinking the Morality of Animal Research”.
Harold A. Herzog, Jr., “The Moral Status of Mice”.
Lila Guterman, “New Attacks on Animal Researchers Provoke Anger and Worry”.		 Journal entry #3 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn (guidelines) (template).
2/9 (Sun)


CITI module set #4 completed (assignment).
2/12 (Wed)
 Conflicts of Interest & Fraud
Reading questions.
Ezekiel J. Emanuel & Dennis F. Thompson, “The Concept of Conflicts of Interest”.
David Resnik, “Fraud, Fabrication, and Falsification”.		 Journal entry #4 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn (guidelines) (template).
2/16 (Sun)   CITI module set #5 completed (assignment).
2/19 (Wed)

 Fetal, Embryonic & Stem Cell Research
Reading questions.
Ronald M. Green, “Research With Fetuses, Embryos, and Stem Cells”.		 Journal entry #5 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn (guidelines) (template).
2/23 (Sun)

   Research training completed by 12:00pm (noon) (assignment). Email certificates to instructors by that time.
2/26 (Tue) The Role of Research Within Society
Reading questions.
Alvin Weinberg, “Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?”
Mark A. Shiffrin and Avi Silberschatz, “Thumbs on the Wheel”.
Lewis Thomas, “The Hazards of Science”.
Mary Warnock, “The Ethical Regulation of Science”.
Cornelia Dean, “Handle With Care”.		 Journal entry #6 due by 12:00pm (noon) via TurnItIn (guidelines) (template).