ETHICS AND THE RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE OF MEDICAL PHYSICS
Addresses the concepts of ethics in the daily practice of medical physics and other scientific disciplines and provide tools for identifying resources. Special emphasis will be placed in how these principles have to be applied to ensure the confidentiality of the patients, the safety of the research subjects (human and animals), differentiation between ethical and legal issues, as well as the understanding of the principles that deal with authorships, intellectual property in the academic- and industry- based environment.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall and discuss the rationale behind the ethical principles governing medical physics practice Audience: Graduate 2. Apply these principles to ensure the confidentiality of the patients, and the safety and respect of the research subjects (humans and animals). Audience: Graduate 3. Ensure proper and honest data collection and analysis Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and prevent conflict of interest Audience: Graduate 5. Discuss and define authorships, and basic intellectual property concepts for the academic- and industry- based environment. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall and discuss the rationale behind the ethical principles governing medical physics practice Audience: Graduate 2. Apply these principles to ensure the confidentiality of the patients, and the safety and respect of the research subjects (humans and animals). Audience: Graduate 3. Ensure proper and honest data collection and analysis Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and prevent conflict of interest Audience: Graduate 5. Discuss and define authorships, and basic intellectual property concepts for the academic- and industry- based environment. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027