From June 28th to July 9th the Ninth Annual Bioethics Summer Course will be held at Regina Apostolorum. This year’s topic is “Bioethics and communication: a challenge for the third millennium.”

Among the themes to be discussed will be:
• Communication in theory and practice
• The anthropology of communication
• The sociology of communication
• Communication and contemporary culture
• Bioethics in the “Global Village”
• Bioethical themes and problems of in the mass media
• The communication of personalist Bioethics in the press
• Institutional communication in a healthcare setting: communiqués to personnel; to patients and families; to the public.

Professors from the School of Bioethics and other international experts will discuss the issues in a classroom environment designed to include the considerations and insights of participants. Classes are given in Italian with simultaneous translation into English and Spanish.

The course is divided into two sessions. Students may participate in the whole course or in just one session.

Participants will receive a certificate of participation.

The course is open to anyone with interest in the world of Bioethics, to healthcare workers and to teachers and graduates of all professions.

Students registered in the Master’s (Licentiate) and Doctorate programs in the School of Bioethics may take this course by registering (course number CE001 and CE002 for the first and second session respectively). Participation in this course will be accredited in their academic curriculum, if they pass the corresponding written exams, with 3 credits for each session.

For more information, contact bioethics@upra.org.