Aug 31, 2025  
Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog

HHM 545 - Ethics in the Laboratory


Reviews professional guidelines for ethical conduct and approaches to ethical dilemmas for laboratory scientists. Explores ethical issues, including responsible research conduct, good laboratory practice, and research with human subjects. Discusses ethical principles in genetics and genetic engineering; advance directives, confidentiality, informed consent, patient rights, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). All aspects of this class will be presented and discussed via a distance learning format using Blackboard.

2 credits

Prerequisite(s): HHM 500 , HHM 510 , HHM 511 , HHM 516 , HHM 520 , HHM 521