Category: Ethics

Ethics of care colloquium with Joan Tronto

Jul 4, 2011

in Ethics, Workshop

ethic of care, joan tronto, responsibilities, social responsibility

Last week I was lucky enough to attend a morning colloquium with Joan Tronto. Most of the morning was spent listening to current research in the area of the Ethics of Care, and we finished up with a lecture by Joan. Even though I teach Professional ethics, much of what was presented today was much…
SAAHE conference, 2011 – day 1

Jun 30, 2011

in Assessment, Assignments, Conference, Education, Ethics, Health, Research, Teaching

concept mapping, ebm, ebp, evidence based practice, future of health science education, reflection, reflective journaling, saahe 2011, student perceptions, teaching and learning

Introduction by Dr. Lionel Green-Thompson A country whose health is fragile The future of health science education: 2020 vision by Prof. Athol Kent “After an introduction like that I can’t wait to hear myself speak” It’s not the strongest or fittest who survive but the ones who are most adaptable to change Who will our…
How do students perceive academic literacy?

May 30, 2011

in Assessment, Assignments, Ethics, Students

academic literacy, cheating, citation, plagiarism, referencing, research

Narrative means towards literacy understandings: exploring transformations within literacies and migrating identities Last week I attended a short seminar by Dr. Catherine Hutchings from UCT, who presented some of the results of her PhD study looking at academic literacy and student identity. Here are some notes I took during the seminar. How do students develop…
Using social networks to develop reflective discourse in the context of clinical education

Mar 10, 2011

in Assignments, Conference, Education, Ethics, Health, PhD, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media, Technology

clinical reasoning, ethical reasoning, facebook, health professional education, healthcare professional students, medical education, online discussions, poster, reflection, reflective discussion, research, saahe, safri, social network, social networks, teacher

My SAFRI project for 2010 looked at the use of a social network as a platform to develop clinical and ethical reasoning skills through reflective discussion between undergraduate physiotherapy students. Part of the assignment was to prepare a poster for presentation at the SAAHE conference in Potchefstroom later this year, which I’ve included below. I…
Facebook, friends and students

Jan 13, 2011

in Ethics, Research, Students, Teaching

behaviour, facebook, for us all, friends, learning, private social network, saahe, social, social networking project, social networking research project, students, teaching

This is post is the first of what I hope will be several reflections on the softening boundaries between my social and professional lives, and how they influence each other. When I started teaching in the department about 3 years ago, I decided that I wouldn’t accept friend requests on Facebook from any of our…
Ethics CPD lecture

Dec 14, 2010

in Ethics, Physiotherapy

clinical practice, CPD, ethics, healthcare, human rights, lecture, presentation, research, south africa

As part of our commitment to continuing professional development (CPD) in South African healthcare, we’re required to accumulate 5 ethics credits every year. Yesterday I gave a presentation to the staff in our department in order to fulfill this requirement. It went quite well, although being my first time I felt pretty unprepared. I learnt a lot…
Is researching a Twitter feed ethical?

Sep 21, 2010

in Ethics, Social media, Technology

consent, ethics, private, public, research, twitter

I just finished reading an article looking at the feasibility of Twitter as a form of academic conference discourse for non-participants (Ebner et al, 2010). Results of the article aside, which are useful in themselves, it got me thinking about the ethics of conducting research on a public conversation. I know that Twitter is a public platform…
Some thoughts on assessment in the Ethics module

Apr 12, 2010

in Assessment, Ethics, Students

assessment, ethics, exams, feedback, formative, physiotherapist, summative, the Ethics module This post

This post is a result of a few short notes I made on my phone a few months ago, and then forgot about. I came across it the other day and thought I’d put it up here. The way we currently assess students has no equivalent in practice. For some of our modules (e.g. Management),…
Research development workshop: research ethics

Mar 1, 2010

in Ethics, Research

dignity, ethics, morality, research

This presentation mainly used the ethics policy of this institution, so I didn’t take many notes considering that I have the policy. The intention of ethics in research is to safeguard human dignity and to promote justice, equality, truth and trust → crtical reflection on morality Ethics are norms for conduct that distinguish between acceptable…
Predictably irrational: decision-making in teaching

Feb 21, 2010

in Education, Ethics, Research, Students

assessment, cognitive domain, community of inquiry, dan ariely, drafting, emotion, irrational decisions, moral decision, predictably irrational, procrastination, social domain, social norms, teaching and learning practice, TED, writing

I’m busy reading Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions, and wanted to share some of the takeaway points that made me think about how I could change my own teaching practice. I haven’t finished the book yet, so I may update this post when I do. The premise of the…
Assignments

Feb 19, 2010

in Assignments, Education, Ethics

assignment, community-based healthcare settings, education, ethics, Google, google sites, healthcare system, human rights, Ireland, learning outcomes, management, module, online presence, physiopedia, physiotherapist, physiotherapy, Royal College of Surgeons, south africa, university of the western cape, Western Cape, wiki

Over the last week I’ve given my fourth year physiotherapy students 2 assignments to be completed over the next few months. Here is a basic rundown of each. The first assignment is part of the continuous evaluation for the Management module I teach. The students must create a website for a (fictional) private physiotherapy practice.…