Graduate students are required to complete the Integrated BioMedical Sciences (IBMS) 500 Course, "On being a
professional scientist: Ethics and Biomedical Research" (or similar course). This course covers decision-making and values in the
life of a professional scientist with respect to one's data, one's colleagues, and one's subjects. The goal of the course is to
provide graduate students with an opportunity to think through their professional ethical commitments before they are tested, on
the basis of the scientific community's accumulated experience with the issues. Students are brought up to date on the current state
of professional policy and federal regulation, and, through case studies, discuss practical strategies for preventing and resolving
ethical problems in their own work. The course meets on four consecutive afternoons, and attendance is required. The course is
directed by Eric T. Juengst, PhD, in the Center for Biomedical Ethics, and includes course faculty Jessica Berg, JD (Law-Medicine
Center, School of Law); Eric Cottington, Ph.D.(Office of Research Administration,CASE); Charles Malemud, Ph.D.(Department of
Medicine, School of Medicine); Stephen Post, Ph.D.(Center for Biomedical Ethics, School of Medicine);
Caroline Whitbeck, Ph.D.(Online Ethics Center, CASE). Additional discussion of bioethics issues in science will be addressed
within the weekly luncheon lectures in the summer, including the responsible conduct of research and the use of humans and animals
in research
