Course Duration: 2 Academic Years
Intakes: May | Mode of Delivery: Part-time (Virtual) – (Monday-Friday; 5.30PM – 8.30PM)

Entry Requirements

i. Bachelor’s degree recognised by Amref International University senate with a Second-Class Honours Upper Division or
Second Division with a minimum of two years of relevant experience; OR

ii. First degree in health sciences or any other discipline from a university recognised by Amref International University
senate; OR

iii. Any other qualification as recognized by the university Senate.

All International undergraduate students upon admission should submit their certificates to Commission for University
Education (CUE) for recognition.

The course is made up of the following 13 units: –

1) Philosophy and Bioethics,

2) Human Rights, Gender and Bioethics,

3) Law and Bioethics,

4) Belief systems, religion and culture,

5) Principles of Public Health,

6) Foundations of Health Systems,

7) Clinical Ethics,

8) Ethical Hotspots,

9) Research Design and Statistical Methods,

10) Research Ethics,

11) Evidence Informed Policy Making,

12) Research concept, proposal development and practicum

13) Thesis Write-up and Defense

After completion of the course, the prospective learners are expected to be able to: – 

• Demonstrate familiarity with the major concepts and theoretical perspectives in bioethics.
• Develop and use critical thinking skills to analyze information and situations in order to respond and act ethically with regard to scientific research, practice, and technology.
• Analyze and interpret quantitative data using statistical methods.
• Communicate scientific bioethics information effectively in a variety of formats, including verbal and written communication.
• Locate, analyze, interpret, critically evaluate, summarize and use appropriately bioethics information in the scientific literature.
• Apply the scientific method, including the roles of inductive and deductive logic and the applications and limitations of the scientific method, to generate hypotheses, then test those hypotheses by designing and evaluating experiments

Research Institutions, Ministry of Health, County Governments, Academic Institutions, United Nations Organisations, Health care Sector (hospitals, clinics, nursing and assisted living homes, etc), Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, Academic institutions, Institutional ethical review boards, Oversight/ compliance boards, Policy Development organisations, Think tanks.

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