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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Bioethics

Program Duration

48 monthsProgram duration

Main Subject Area

Medicine Related StudiesMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Medicine Related Studies

Study Level

PHD

The increasing complexity of the health care system has resulted in a growing need for investigators who can conduct research to address pressing social problems in bioethics. The objective of the bioethics doctoral program is to train scholars who will have specific expertise in the conceptualization, design and conduct of empirical research concerning bioethics questions. Graduates will: obtain grounding in the philosophical basis of bioethics to conceptualize and analyze moral problems develop a theoretical perspective to guide their research be proficient in empirical methodologies (both qualitative and quantitative) so that they can conduct research in bioethics problems become researchers who can develop and conceptualize timely and meaningful research questions in bioethics Graduates of the program have a wide range of opportunities, including careers as independent investigators, serving as a bridge between colleagues in the traditional medical humanities and those in clinical and basic-science departments, and employment in academic bioethics centers, clinical and basic science departments in medical schools and schools of public health, government agencies, and public policy institutes. PhD students receive a full tuition scholarship, health insurance support and a $20,000-per-year graduate assistantship. Course of Study Completion of the PhD requires Minimum of 51 credit hours of course work for candidates with bachelor’s degrees; minimum of 42 credit hours for candidates with master’s degrees 18 credit hours of dissertation course work 125 research hours (supervised research experiences with Department faculty) Training in research ethics Comprehensive examination preceding advancement to candidacy Defense of dissertation proposal Completion of dissertation Defense of dissertation Core Coursework Foundations in Bioethics I & II Clinical Ethics Rotation Advanced Seminar on Methods in Normative Bioethics I & II Empirical Research Methods and Design in Bioethics I & II Statistical Methods and Data Management in Bioethics I & II Grant Writing Critical Readings in Bioethics Research hours Additional course work: three credit hours each in advanced statistics, methods and study design, and theory from the social sciences, and six credit hours of elective courses.

Program overview

Main Subject

Medicine Related Studies

Study Level

PHD

The increasing complexity of the health care system has resulted in a growing need for investigators who can conduct research to address pressing social problems in bioethics. The objective of the bioethics doctoral program is to train scholars who will have specific expertise in the conceptualization, design and conduct of empirical research concerning bioethics questions. Graduates will: obtain grounding in the philosophical basis of bioethics to conceptualize and analyze moral problems develop a theoretical perspective to guide their research be proficient in empirical methodologies (both qualitative and quantitative) so that they can conduct research in bioethics problems become researchers who can develop and conceptualize timely and meaningful research questions in bioethics Graduates of the program have a wide range of opportunities, including careers as independent investigators, serving as a bridge between colleagues in the traditional medical humanities and those in clinical and basic-science departments, and employment in academic bioethics centers, clinical and basic science departments in medical schools and schools of public health, government agencies, and public policy institutes. PhD students receive a full tuition scholarship, health insurance support and a $20,000-per-year graduate assistantship. Course of Study Completion of the PhD requires Minimum of 51 credit hours of course work for candidates with bachelor’s degrees; minimum of 42 credit hours for candidates with master’s degrees 18 credit hours of dissertation course work 125 research hours (supervised research experiences with Department faculty) Training in research ethics Comprehensive examination preceding advancement to candidacy Defense of dissertation proposal Completion of dissertation Defense of dissertation Core Coursework Foundations in Bioethics I & II Clinical Ethics Rotation Advanced Seminar on Methods in Normative Bioethics I & II Empirical Research Methods and Design in Bioethics I & II Statistical Methods and Data Management in Bioethics I & II Grant Writing Critical Readings in Bioethics Research hours Additional course work: three credit hours each in advanced statistics, methods and study design, and theory from the social sciences, and six credit hours of elective courses.

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