Argue Better! Ethical Reasoning for Health Professionals

About the course

The course is offered by UCT’s Ethics Lab and will consist of 5 x 90-minute recorded sessions online. 

By the end of the course, participants will be able to identify and critically analyse complex ethical dilemmas commonly encountered in healthcare, articulate and defend decisions to patients, colleagues, and other stakeholders and to navigate diverse viewpoints and foster open dialogues in healthcare settings.

Entry requirements: Medical or allied healthcare professional degree, with biomedical ethics as an advantage.

The course is intended for healthcare professionals and senior health sciences students. Please note: Background/introductory knowledge of biomedical principles is a prerequisite as this is not an introductory course.

Course Content

• Session 1: Let’s have an argument: Introduction to critical thinking
• Session 2: More arguing: Analysing and evaluating arguments
• Session 3: What counts as ethics?: Identifying ethical dilemmas
• Session 4: Ducks and Rabbits: Foundational moral theories and applications
• Session 5: Dealing with Dilemmas

Registration

Register anytime between 15 January and 15 December 2026 to receive the link to five recorded sessions in which you will be introduced to the tools of reasoning. Cover the material in your own time and have the option of joining the Argue Better! community past and present.

CPD points 6 Ethics

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