Fall 2015: UGS 2250: Block U: Medical Humanities** (taught by Jim Tabery, PhD)
Spring: UGS 2255: Block U: Medical Humanities (taught by Jim Tabery, PhD, and Louisa Stark, PhD)
**in 2013-14 this course was co-taught by Gretchen Case, PhD and Jim Tabery, PhD
Figures 1 & 2: From the 2013-14 Block U Course taught by Gretchen Case, PhD and Jim Tabery, PhD
This year-long course is designed to introduce undergraduate students to a variety of Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Research (ELSI) issues and then have them create an ELSI module for the widely-used Genetic Science Learning Center website. In the fall semester, students are introduced to a range of ELSI issues, such as the history of eugenics, genetic testing and screening, concerns about enhancement, and discussions of disability and “normalcy.” Then, in the spring semester, the students work closely with the staff of the Genetic Science Learning Center to envision, design, and develop a module for their website that will introduce an ELSI issue to the website’s target audience (primarily secondary school educators and students). In the 2013-2014 iteration of this course, the students learned about arguments for and against parents using preimplantation genetic diagnosis to perform sex selection, and then they designed a module that conveys the tension between advocacy of reproductive rights and concerns about sex discrimination. The ELSI course for undergraduate students will introduce ELSI scholarship to freshmen just as they are entering the University of Utah.
RATs Courses
Jeff Botkin and Jim Tabery did a session on "Case Studies in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)" in April. Here's the RATS page for that presentation.