This module is aimed at giving students the opportunity to observe in a clinical or social practice setting and to apply the ethical theoretical principles learned during the core modules of the Global Healthcare Ethics programme.
It is designed to enable students to use, and to extend knowledge and skills that they have acquired during their programme of study, and to explore an area of interest within clinical practice in greater depth, by seeing ‘ethics in action’.
Using critical thinking, reflection, ethical arguments for clinical decision-making, students will work on a specific clinical issue (ethical dilemma, regulation, new ethically uncharted territory, global healthcare issues etc.) and undertake a self-managed process of systematic ethical inquiry.
Examples of observership/placement settings in the UK include; healthcare organisations, health charities, primary care etc. The module prepares students to undertake a work-based project which is an integrative activity of the MSc Global Healthcare Ethics programme. This must be agreed in advance with the University of Liverpool. Students who wish to undertake a project within their own setting either in the UK or overseas country will be given the option of identifying a negotiated workplace learning opportunity in their own context.
The module will be assessed by a 15-minute recorded presentation (50%) (to choose from: poster, PowerPoint), and a reflective essay (1500 words) based on their clinical experience (50%).