Division of Medical Ethics High School Bioethics Project | NYU Langone Health

Time 2021-04-20 21:14:20

Web Name: Division of Medical Ethics High School Bioethics Project | NYU Langone Health

WebSite: http://highschoolbioethics.med.nyu.edu

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Division of Medical Ethics High School Bioethics Project New biotechnologies have outpaced our ability to understand their implications. In the face of future advancement, NYU Langone’s Division of Medical Ethics offers educational measures to address the challenges these innovations present to our lives.The High School Bioethics Project was established by Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, in 2001 at the University of Pennsylvania. This unique educational outreach effort is an extension of his philosophy to engage the public—a cornerstone of his career—spread truth, and change people and their behavior. In 2012, the project moved to NYU Langone and became part of the Division of Medical Ethics.Over the course of its lifetime, the High School Bioethics Project has worked toward bridging curricular voids between high school life sciences and humanities courses as well as tackling the gap between academic research and public knowledge.High School Bioethics Project ObjectivesWe provide freely available, downloadable educational content and an internship program, through which experts typically mentor two high school students every summer.Organized into two types of online textual resources—lesson plans and learning scenarios—our content is structured as lesson guides that high school teachers can integrate into their existing life science curricula. To produce resources that are both intellectually rigorous and easy for students to understand, we use a unique development process in which high school interns partner with division faculty and staff to construct lesson plans on students’ chosen topic areas.Intern capstone projects, polished by input from experts in the division, reflect the knowledge student interns gain during the program. The content we provide is well-balanced and has received only positive feedback from its users.Our Lesson Plans and Learning ScenariosOur collection of lesson plans and learning scenarios advises educators and students on nearly every hot-button bioethics topic, including genetic testing, stem cells, vaccines, physician aid in dying, organ donation, assisted reproduction technologies, climate change, and more.At an individual level, we believe integrating bioethics instruction into high school classrooms equips future generations with the skills necessary for addressing the ethical and policy choices in healthcare that lie ahead. More broadly, it illustrates how technological creations can impose threats to our daily lives.When teachers use our materials and allocate time and space to bioethics instruction in their classrooms, they create an atmosphere that encourages students to apply their own individual experiences, morals, and values to the concepts they learn. Fostering this culture not only brings ethics to life, but gives students the confidence to participate in conversations taking place in the greater scientific community.High School Bioethics Project TeamArthur L. Caplan, PhD, Project DirectorLisa Kearns, MS, MA, Associate DirectorAngela Turi, Project AssistantSelected High School Bioethics ResourcesFollowing are selected high school bioethics media and resources available from other reputable institutions and organizations:NYU School of Professional Studies Sports and Society Program Georgetown University’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics High School Bioethics Curriculum Project Georgetown University’s Programs to Teach Bioethics in Secondary Schools National Institutes of Health Curriculum Supplement Series—Grades 9–12: Exploring Bioethics The Hastings Center Bioethics Briefings for Journalists, Policymakers, and Educators National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Squire Family Foundation’s Philosophy Curricula and Resources Medical Ethicist Art Caplan on Boston Public Radio JSTOR Daily’s Bioethics: Key Concepts and Research Northwest Association for Biomedical Research’s Bioethics 101 Students with Autism: Online Resources and Support Thank you for printing content from NYU Langone Health. © 2021 NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

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