University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami School of Med Public Health Sciences, Miami, FL.
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami School of Med Public Health Sciences, Miami, FL.
Ann Epidemiol. 2021 Aug;60:31-34. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.04.014. Epub 2021 Apr 29.
This commentary reviews ethics in epidemiology and public health (PH) syllabi collected in 2011 and 2018. The syllabi repository was an American College of Epidemiology (ACE) Ethics Committee project to support institutions and faculty introducing, furthering or improving ethics in epidemiology and public health courses. Of 83 syllabi from 52 accredited public health schools and programs, 80 were reviewed to identify the most common ethics topics. The extracted information was categorized into eight main groups: (1) ethical/moral foundations and theories; (2) case studies in epidemiology/PH; (3) ethical issues in PH practice; (4) ethical issues in general epidemiologic/PH research; (5) ethical issues in specific research areas; (6) ethical issues in information technology; (7) ethical issues in other emerging topics in epidemiology/PH; and (8) others. The frequency of topics in each category was computed, and common topics were presented. Ethical issues absent from the syllabi were inferred. This commentary is intended to promote a dialog among those desiring to elevate epidemiology and public health ethics to an educational level commensurate with its importance.
这篇评论回顾了 2011 年和 2018 年收集的流行病学和公共卫生（PH）教学大纲中的伦理学内容。该教学大纲库是美国流行病学学院（ACE）伦理委员会的一个项目，旨在支持各机构和教师开设、推进或改进流行病学和公共卫生课程中的伦理学课程。在 52 个获得认证的公共卫生学校和项目的 83 份教学大纲中，对 80 份进行了审查，以确定最常见的伦理学主题。提取的信息被分为八个主要类别：（1）伦理/道德基础和理论；（2）流行病学/PH 的案例研究；（3）PH 实践中的伦理问题；（4）一般流行病学/PH 研究中的伦理问题；（5）特定研究领域中的伦理问题；（6）信息技术中的伦理问题；（7）流行病学/PH 中其他新兴主题中的伦理问题；以及（8）其他。计算了每个类别中主题的频率，并提出了常见的主题。从教学大纲中推断出了不存在的伦理问题。本评论旨在促进那些希望将流行病学和公共卫生伦理学提升到与其重要性相称的教育水平的人之间的对话。
