Worldwide ClassroomTM Distance Learning Program Schedule – Academic Year 2009-2010
NEW COURSE: Introduction to Bioethics
For Middle & High School (Grades 6-12+)
PLEASE NOTE: All sessions are on Thursdays from 9-10AM (EST)
Semester 1
Thursday, October 15, 2009 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 1: Introduction to Bioethics
Important Definitions in Bioethics
Bioethics Thought Experiments
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, November 12, 2009 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 2: Animal Ethics
Why using animals for food and research is wrong
Required Reading(s): “All Animals are Equal”, Peter Singer
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 3: Animal Ethics
Why using animals for food and research is not wrong
Required Reading(s): “Moral Standing, The Value of Lives, and Speciesism”, R.G. Frey
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, December 3, 2009 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 4: World Hunger
Why we have obligations to help those in need
Required Reading(s): “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”, Peter Singer
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, December 10, 2009 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 5: World Hunger
Why we do not have obligations to help those in need
Required Reading(s): “Feeding the Hungry”, Jan Narveson
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Semester 2
Thursday, January 14, 2010 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 6: Stem Cells
Why using human embryos for stem cell research is wrong
Required Reading(s): “Stem Cell Research: The Failure of Bioethics”, Don Marquis
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, January 21, 2010 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 7: Stem Cells
Why using human embryos for stem cell research is not wrong
Required Reading(s): “Individuals, Human, and Persons: The Issue of Moral Status”, Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, February 4, 2010 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 8: Cloning
Why we ought not to permit cloning
Required Reading(s): “Whose Self Is It, Anyway?”, Philip Kitcher and “A Life in the Shadow: One Reason Why We Should Not Clone Humans”, Søren Holm
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, February 11, 2010 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 9: Cloning
Why cloning is permissible
Required Reading(s): “Goodbye Dolly? The Ethics of Human Cloning”, John Harris
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, February 25, 2010 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 10: Reproductive Ethics
Why abortion is moral
Required Reading(s): Selection from “A Defense of Abortion”, Judith Jarvis Thomson
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, March 4, 2010 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 11: Reproductive Ethics
Why abortion is immoral
Required Reading(s): Selection from “Why Abortion is Immoral”, Don Marquis
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, April 8, 2010 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 12: Euthanasia
Why euthanasia is morally acceptable
Required Reading(s): “The Morality of Euthanasia”, James Rachels
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, April 15, 2010 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 13: Euthanasia
Why euthanasia is not morally acceptable
Required Reading(s): “The Wrongfulness of Euthanasia”, J. Gay-Williams
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Thursday, May 13, 2010 from 9:00 – 10:00AM (EST) Bioethics Session 14: Wrap-up
Link to the Bioethics Department: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics/default.aspx
Participation Instructions:
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Required Readings: All required readings will be available in PDF format on the Office of Civic Education Initiatives website. Please use this link to access and print off all required reading materials. http://www.clevelandclinic.org/CivicEducation/
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Additional Cleveland Clinic Resources:
We encourage you and your students to visit these other educational resources and links available on our website www.clevelandclinic.org/CivicEducation and incorporate them into your classroom curricula.
ALL GRADE LEVELS:
o Cleveland Clinic Web Chats (various health topics): http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/ChatReg/
Provides your students with the most current information on a variety of current health issues;
Students/classes can interact with Cleveland Clinic physicians, nurses and other health care professionals in real-time;
Students can use web chats & web chat transcripts to
Augment existing curriculum
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Gather information for classroom debates & peer-to-peer learning
Formulate and ask questions on chosen topics for reports and research projects
o Recorded surgical broadcasts & medical education videos
o Worldwide Classroom™ http://www.clevelandclinic.org/CivicEducation/realworld/worldwide_classroom.asp
o Online X-Ray Library™
o Health and Wellness Resource Center
o Cleveland Clinic myHIVrisk™ online anonymous risk assessment tool http://www.clevelandclinic.org/community/agape/myhivrisk/?utm_campaign=myhivrisk-url&utm_medium=offline&utm_source=redirect
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o healthCARE™
o Power Washers™ (Handwashing program & standard’s based game for children)
o Spotlight on Learning™
o Cleveland Clinic Explorers™
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o myRESEARCH™
o mRi™: myRESEARCH illuminated
o Cleveland Clinic eXpressions™ Art Program
o Cleveland Clinic eXpressions™ Language Program
o Cleveland Clinic eXpressions™ Math Program
