CCBIO903 course May-June 2017

Preparing for important dilemmas and prioritisation

Researchers and clinicians in the field of cancer research and care face important dilemmas daily regarding for instance the prioritisation of research questions, or the choice between treatments for a patient. These dilemmas, involving both ethical considerations and health economics, can determine upon life and death for individual patients.

The PhD course CCBIO 903 aims to give the opportunity to PhD candidates within cancer research to discuss these dilemmas. The course will focus on aspects such as how to assess the cost-effectiveness of cancer biomarkers, how to make medical decisions when surrounded by risks, uncertainties and even ignorance, what the ‘good life’ can actually mean, and what the future may hold for cancer research. PhD candidates will be invited to reflect upon the ethical, economic and social aspects of their own research, in interaction with scholars and other students as well as in an essay.

When - who

Dates: May 23rd to 27th and June 13th to 17th 2016.

The course is led by Professor John Cairns from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Professor Roger Strand and post-doc Anne Blanchard, the latter two from the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities at the University of Bergen. All three are affiliated with The Centre for Cancer Biomakers (CCBIO).

This course is open to PhD candidates affiliated with the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO) and to other PhD candidates and to students at the Medical Student Research Programme. (5-credit course). 

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You can find more information about the course here.

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