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The Monash Centre for the Study of Ethics in Medicine and Society

The Monash Centre for Ethics in Medicine and Society was established in 2001 by the Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, as a Centre within the Department of Medicine at the Alfred Hospital. The Centre is responsible for the development, co-ordination and conduct of teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels; fosters research in ethics and values in relation to medicine and society; and maintains a clinical ethics service at the Alfred Hospital.

 

News and events

  • Online Ethics Training Course - Open for registration NOW
    This Online Ethics Training Course is designed with members of Human Research Ethics Committees in mind. It is provided in a format that allows participants to progress through the training in their own time by viewing online videos and filling in an online workbook. For more information please see under Courses and Events.

  • Intensive Research Ethics Course (IREC) 2010
    Is scheduled for Sunday 28 November to Thursday 2 December, 2010 at the Bellinzona Grange Resort, Hepburn Springs. On-line registrations will be open in August.  For further details, please contact Natangaline.Naidu@monash.edu 

  • Research Participant Questionnaire
    CEMS invites you to take part in an on-line survey
    Have you ever taken part in medical research? – You may be able to help us!

  • The Monash University Clinical Ethics Resource
    A free on-line service intended to provide an expanding resource for health practitioners of all kinds. You are invited to contribute to its ongoing development.

  • Weighting for Change
    Monash health experts Dr Samantha Thomas and Professor Paul Komesaroff say the medical profession and the community must fundamentally re-think their approach to overweight people.

  • One Day Workshop in Public Health Research Ethics

  • An Investigation of care planning decisions in advanced illness in the Alfred Health Region
     There is growing recognition of the need to respect and engage patients and families in planning and care at the end of life, as well as improving processes by which an individuals’ prior wishes about end of life care are respected, should they become incompetent. While initiatives such as advance care planning and the use of advance directives have become increasingly common in an attempt to improve and understand the treatment preferences and choices of seriously ill patients, there is conflicting evidence about how these can effectively engage communities in end of life care.

 

 
For Students

The centre welcomes inquiries from students who may be interested in undertaking study for a higher degree in relation to ethics or social research in medicine and the health sciences.

Download Honours and PhD projects in medicine, society and ethics in 2010 (pdf 28KB)
For Students

The centre welcomes inquiries from students who may be interested in undertaking study for a higher degree in relation to ethics or social research in medicine and the health sciences.

Download Honours and PhD projects in medicine, society and ethics in 2010 (pdf 28KB)