The professional skills’ school “Bioethics and Medical law” is opened at the institute of social sciences of Sechenov University

Abstract

The article is devoted to the opening of the Professional skills school "Bioethics and Medical Law" based on the Institute of Social Sciences at Sechenov University in September 2020. The project Professional skills schools has been existing at Sechenov University since 2014. The School's program consists of three training modules: "Fundamentals of Bioethics", "Bioethics: a medical and sociological view" and "Medical Law". The purpose of the School "Bioethics and Medical Law" is the in-depth training of graduate students in the field of bioethics, medical law and the sociology of medicine to acquire additional knowledge, skills and abilities to analyze ethical and legal problems of clinical practice and research activities in the field of biomedicine. Students at the School get a unique opportunity to study not only the theoretical aspects of bioethics, but also to gain practical skills in solving ethical problems in medical practice based on approaches using the methodology of social and humanitarian sciences.