CAS Medical Ethics

CAS Medical Technology

For healthcare practitioners who wish to acquire comprehensive philosophical and ethical background knowledge and develop concrete solutions in an appreciative interprofessional exchange

A continuing education program offered by the Thales Academy in cooperation with the University of Freiburg and Furtwangen University

Aim and content of the continuing education program

The continuing education programme in medical ethics offers healthcare practitioners the opportunity to acquire comprehensive philosophical and ethical background knowledge under the guidance of renowned lecturers, while engaging in an appreciative interprofessional exchange and developing concrete solutions for their own tasks, to acquire comprehensive philosophical and ethical background knowledge under the guidance of renowned lecturers, to enter into an appreciative inter-professional exchange and to develop concrete solutions for their own tasks. In addition to the lectures by the lecturers, the focus is also on the joint discussion of individual case studies that the participants can contribute.

Medical ethical challenges are increasingly shaping the everyday lives of healthcare professionals. In addition to the recent experiences with the coronavirus pandemic, there are three main reasons for this: Firstly, the rapid mechanization of medicine confronts us with the question of which of these far-reaching possibilities we actually want to use. Secondly, we are experiencing an ever-increasing focus of healthcare services on making a profit. And thirdly, the increasing ideological pluralization of society means that people in the healthcare sector have to take very different ideas of the good life into account. This threefold dynamic is profoundly changing the everyday professional lives of doctors, nurses, therapists and clinic managers, as well as employees from medical technology companies and health insurance companies. These ethical challenges are confusing, demanding and therefore often difficult to resolve. There is also a lack of time and opportunity in everyday life to discuss these issues openly. The medical ethics course offers healthcare practitioners the opportunity to acquire comprehensive ethical background knowledge under the guidance of renowned lecturers, to engage in an appreciative interprofessional exchange and to develop concrete solutions for their own tasks.

Form of work: Face-to-face training, part-time

Location: 79100 Freiburg, Holbeinstraße 16 and Goethestraße 33

Current date: 14.03.2025 - 15.11.2025

Procedure

8 weekend seminars, which can also be booked individually, as well as online self-study with a time commitment of 188 hours (98 hours face-to-face, 90 hours video conference).

• Fundamentals of medical ethics (14/15 March 2025)
• Economization of medicine (11/12 April 2025)
• Technization of medicine (16/17 May 2025)
• Ethical challenges in the course of life (27/28 June 2025)
• Ethical challenges at the beginning of life (25/26 July 2025)
• Ethical challenges at the end of life (19/20 September 2025)
• Methods of ethical decision-making (17/18 October 2025) Final presentation October 2025)

Final presentations (14/15 November 2025)

Target group: Doctors of all specialties, commercial and medical clinic managers, nurses, midwives, psychotherapists, pharmacists and employees from companies in the healthcare sector (medical technology, pharmacy, health insurance companies)

A maximum of 16 places are available.

Completion

A Certificate of Advanced SAtudies (CAS) is issued for successful completion.

The entire course is recognized with 224 points by the German Medical Association (LÄK) and as a basic course for the training course “Ethics Counselling in Healthcare” of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine (AEM).

In addition, the course can be credited towards the Academy for Ethics in Medicine's (AEM) training in ethics counseling in healthcare.

Lecturers

Dr. Miriam Fischer-Geboers

Prof. Dr. Markus Zimmermann

Dr. Philipp Kellmeyer

Prof. Dr. Claudia Bozzaro

Prof. Dr. Claudia Wiesemann

PD Dr. Joachim Boldt

Dr. Gerald Neitzke

Fees

€5400 CAS, €690 per individual seminar

This includes organisational and content-related support, study materials, use of the platforms and the certificate as well as snacks and refreshments during the face-to-face events. Not included are costs for travel to and from the face-to-face events.

Further information:External link opens in a new window: https://www.thales-akademie.de/medizinethik/

Registration

Registration on the online form: External link opens in a new window:https://www.thales-akademie.de/anmeldung-medizinethik/

Registration deadline: 16 February 2025