Course Information
3,1
3 ECTS
2026-01-26
Compulsory
English
30
2026
Research Ethics and Philosophy of Science (3 credits)
Course Leader
William Bülow O'Nils
Department
Department of Public Health and Caring Science
Weeks
Week 11
Location
Will be announced later on
Duration
5 days, full time
Description
Requirements:
Registered for graduate studies on the Medicine and Pharmacy disciplinary domain at Uppsala University
Selection procedure
Doctoral students are selected based on admission year.
Exceptions to this selection is given to applicants who are planning their half time- or licentiate seminar for the following semester. A certificate from the examiner is required. Please e-mail the certificate to doktorandadministrationifv@pubcare.uu.se right after you send in your course application. These applicants will be given priority.
Note the importance of specifying planned date for half time- or licentiate seminar in your application
Registered for graduate studies on the Medicine and Pharmacy disciplinary domain at Uppsala University
Selection procedure
Doctoral students are selected based on admission year.
Exceptions to this selection is given to applicants who are planning their half time- or licentiate seminar for the following semester. A certificate from the examiner is required. Please e-mail the certificate to doktorandadministrationifv@pubcare.uu.se right after you send in your course application. These applicants will be given priority.
Note the importance of specifying planned date for half time- or licentiate seminar in your application
Learning Outcomes
(1) To be informed about:
• different philosophical presuppositions in scientific research
• ethical guidelines for research
• the theoretical basis of these guidelines
• legal regulations of research
• committees of research ethics
(2) To be able to identify and analyse ethical problems raised by different kinds of research.
• different philosophical presuppositions in scientific research
• ethical guidelines for research
• the theoretical basis of these guidelines
• legal regulations of research
• committees of research ethics
(2) To be able to identify and analyse ethical problems raised by different kinds of research.
Content
Norms of science and ethical norms in theory and practice. Good laboratory and clinical practice, Fraud in scientific research. Animal ethics. Application to Ethics Committee
Instructions
Not specified
Examination
Not specified
Literature
Not specified
Teachers
William Bülow O'Nils
Contact
Maria Öhman
Course Administrator
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences
doktorandadministrationifv@pubcare.uu.se
Course Administrator
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences
doktorandadministrationifv@pubcare.uu.se