Courses for medical students

The Ethox Centre is responsible for teaching medical ethics and law to all medical students in the Oxford Medical School, both on the standard course and the Graduate Entry course. The textbook for these courses is Medical Ethics and Law: the Core Curriculum (2nd Edition), Hope, T, Savulescu, J. and Hendrick, J. (2007) Edinburgh: Churchill-Livingstone. The teaching materials and tutor notes for this course are available on this website.

The Ethox Centre also runs a one-month optional Special Study Module for medical students in the fourth year of their course.

Clinical ethics workshops

Twice yearly, the Ethox Centre runs a two day workshop for members of clinical ethics committees and those considering setting up a committee. One day of this workshop focusses on the role of the clinical ethics committee in providing education, policy development and case consultation. The other day focusses on providing delegates with skills for identifying and analysing ethical issues arising in health care practice and management. Further information about these workshops, including information about the dates of the next workshop and registration details can be found at www.ethics-network.org.uk

Other workshops and courses

In addition to the above, the Ethox Centre also runs occasional seminars and workshops on other topics. These are announced as events on the Ethox Centre homepage.