Object of course: The course aims at developing the intellectual horizons of tomorrow's doctor, the formation of high social awareness and understanding of scientific knowledge of medicine and in the light of humanity and emphasizes the moral dimension that should have any medical thought and practice.

Content of the course: With sub-theme: "From the Hippocratic medicine to modern bioethics." The approach is done through the historical perspective and from the texts of Hippocratic Medicine ("Oath, On sacred Noosa, On Airs water place, predictive"), through the deposit of Knidos doctors will highlight the scientific work Archigenis especially Galen , texts decisively influenced the medical thinking of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

It is known that the younger Medicine (after 17th century) owes much to these texts and the transformation that takes place with respect to the method of approach medical issues are inextricably linked and philosophical approaches to disease and response pair "Soul - House '. In the 19th and 20th century change the visual, because of discoveries that have taken place with the rapid development of Biological Sciences Genetic Engineering and shifts the field of reflection on ethics of medicine and new questions arise concerning the rights of the patient, the permissibility of cloning etc.

Form and teaching outcomes: The course is taught with an interactive process. Grow historical data and discussed the philosophy and the effects, positive or negative, each acts. Students learn to work both as individuals but rather as group in order to minimize any negative version and construct Positive medical knowledge applied immediately thereafter during their medical studies.

Hours of training per student: 26

Semester: 1st

ECTS: 2