Ethics 124

This course seeks to coordinate basic training in professional ethics required of all Dartmouth graduate students with ethical training in the biomedical sciences required for NIH-sponsored research. A basic training program that address ethical issues related to professionalism, authorship, mentoring, and data collection has been developed by the Graduate Studies Office in collaboration with the Ethics Institute at Dartmouth.

In these sessions graduate training faculty will meet with small groups of first-year graduate students and postdocs to facilitate discussions on ethical dilemmas they may encounter in their scientific careers. Case studies will be used to provide a framework for discussions on ethical issues occurring in scientific research. The final four sessions of the course will focus on topics related to NIH-sponsored research including ethical use of research subjects and intellectual property.