Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 60
ETHICS
Medical Ethics
and Law
Overview
For more than 25 years, Keele’s
MA in Medical Ethics and Law
has offered an opportunity for
students to undertake in-depth
study of the ethical and legal
issues that arise in health care
and related fields.
Taught by the Centre for
Professional Ethics and the School
of Law, the programme aims to
deepen your understanding of
healthcare ethics and law, and
to enhance your ability to think
systematically about the moral
and legal issues that healthcare
professionals and those involved
in healthcare management and
policy may face in the course of
their work. It can also provide a
foundation for pursuing further
study at doctoral level. The
programme can be taken full
or part-time and is available to
intercalating medical students.
For more information please
see www.keele.ac.uk/ethics
Additional information
Teaching is delivered in short
intensive blocks, enabling those
in full-time employment to
do the course part-time over
two years and fit it around the
demands of their work, wherever
they are based. Between
the teaching blocks you will
undertake personal study based
on the materials presented and
discussed during the blocks and
write your assessed assignments.
You will be assigned a supervisor
to advise and support you in your
studies and dissertation either
in person or via email or phone.
If you choose to study full-time
you will attend the four teaching
blocks and write your dissertation
in one year.
Module titles
The MA programme consists
of four 30 credit taught
modules assessed by a single
essay assignment, plus a 60
credit 15,000 to 20,000 word
dissertation.
The following is a list of
indicative modules:
• Moral Theory and
Medical Ethics
• Principles of Medical Law
• Life, Death and the
Human Body
• Healthcare, Justice
and Society
• Dissertation
Good to know
The MA in Medical Ethics and Law at Keele was one of the
first courses of its kind in the UK and it continuously evolves
to respond to biomedical developments and student needs,
with research led content and innovative teaching and
learning methods to engage our diverse learners.
www.keele.ac.uk/ethics
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Key Information
Course type
MA, postgraduate
diploma, postgraduate
certificate
Mode of study
Full-time or part-time
Entry
requirements
The course is open to
graduates with a first or
second-class honours
degree (2.2 or above),
or an overseas equivalent,
in a relevant subject or
appropriate professional
qualifications and/or
experience. Applications
are welcome from people
with a professional or
other serious interest in
medical ethics and law,
including (but not limited
to) doctors, nurses,
health care managers,
intercalating medical
students, radiographers,
chaplains, charity and
voluntary workers,
social workers, medical
and pharmaceutical
researchers, and health
care educators.
Applicants for whom
English is not a first
language must provide
evidence of a qualification
in English language,
unless they hold a
previous degree that was
taught and examined in
English. The minimum
score for entry to the
MA is academic IELTS 6.5
(with no subtest below
5.5) or equivalent.
Contact email
[email protected]