Posted: September 16th, 2017

Individual Debate: This task provides an opportunity for students to debate an ethical issue of contemporary significance. As an assessment task, it requires the application of what has been learned in the foundational units (the theories, principles, vir

Individual Debate: This task provides an opportunity for students to debate an ethical issue of contemporary significance. As an assessment task, it requires the application of what has been learned in the foundational units (the theories, principles, vir

Health Care Ethics –
Assessment #2 Debate
AROUND 600 WORDS FOR 5 MINNUTE SPEECH
300 WORDS FOR AND 300 WORDS AGAINGST THE TOPIC

STARTING –

Introducing the topic, a generic stance and what you will be presenting.

ENDING –

Provide a brief summary of key points were in the debate

Length and/or format:

Individual Debate: This task provides an opportunity for students to debate an ethical issue of contemporary significance. As an assessment task, it requires the application of what has been learned in the foundational units (the theories, principles, virtues, values and codes of professional conduct) and the elective modules to a particular ethical issue in order to analyse, understand and offer a resolution to that issue.
Students will be debating one of the two designated debate topics that are based on the elective content.

PLEASE CONSIDER

• You will collectively utilise a range of the ethical theories to support your arguments that is using – perhaps virtues ethics, deontology- Kantianism, Utilitarian viewpoints, Feminist perspectives, and Natural law

• It goes without saying the Bioethical principles should be evident in every debate particular if/when referring to role of HCP

• Regarding the cultural legal/religious factors- these are not theories. These are additional “FRAMEWORKS” that may impact what you need to consider for example – a law = the National Health Practitioners Regulatory Law ACT 2009 or depending on what topic you have it might be a law regarding surrogacy or the Sexual discrimination ACT etc. for this country or another is you are using data from another country as evidence to support a point you are making.

• “Constructs and demonstrates a reasoned critical argument using ethical theoretical frameworks and elective modules content presented in this unit to defend an ethical position within debate”

• Argument demonstrates knowledge, understanding and application of national and international ethical frameworks, professional codes of ethics and conduct

• ‘Argument demonstrates knowledge and understanding of cultural, social, legal and spiritual factors influencing health care conduct.

TOPIC

CHOOSE ONE TOPIC AND WRITE FOR AND AGAINST AROUND 600 WORDS FOR 5 MINNUTE SPEECH
300 WORDS FOR AND 300 WORDS AGAINGST THE TOPIC

PLEASE PROVIDE KEY POINTS OF THE DEBATE WITH IN TEXT REFERENCE FOR HAND OUT

1. Beginning of Life Ethics Elective

Surrogacy should be legalised in Australia. (FOR AND AGAINST)

OR

2. Mental Health/Aged Care Elective

The use of Marijuana for medical purposes should be legalised in
Australia. (FOR AND AGAINST)

MARKING CRITERIA

Criteria 1

“Constructs and demonstrates a reasoned critical argument using ethical theoretical frameworks and elective modules content presented in this unit to defend an ethical position within debate”

Criteria 2

Argument demonstrates knowledge, understanding and application of national and international ethical frameworks, professional codes of ethics and conduct

Criteria 3

‘Argument demonstrates knowledge and understanding of cultural, social, legal and spiritual factors influencing health care conduct.’