Course Contents Professional Ethics: Part-I
1. Introduction to Professional Ethics
- Definition and meaning of ethics
- Importance and classification of ethics
- Major characteristics of Islamic ethics
- Universality of Islamic Ethics and Morality
- Distinction of Islamic ethics to secular ethics
2. Universal Islamic Ethical Values
- Unity (Tawhid)
- Preservation of religio-cultural freedom (Din)
- Equity, justice, fairness (‘adl)
- Protection and promotion of life (Nafs
- Protection of reason (‘aql)
- Protection and dignity of gene and genealogy (Nasl)
- Protection of property (Maal)
- Strategic Time Management
- Time: An Importance of Time in Islamic Paradigm
- Time Quadrants Matrix
- Sleep / Rest Management
- Stress Management
- Workload Management
- Prioritization of professional tasks and assignments
- Anger Management
- Conflict Management
- Strategic Teamwork
- Consultation
- Respect of Opinion
- Planning
- Execution
- Leadership
- Vision
- Decision Making
- Leniency
- Counseling
- Personal-Professional Life Management
- Obligation and Rights of Personal-Professional Life
- Challenges/Hurdles
- Way Forward
Course Contents Professional Ethics: Part-II
1: Specific Issues:
- Pharmaceutical Ethics
- Pharmacy Ethics; Development of Pharmacy’s code
- Ethics of the individual
- The ethics of human life
- Ethical standards of professional competence, care and conduct
- Professional integrity (Honesty, Responsibility and Confidentiality)
- Pharmacist - Patient relationship
- Respect and equal treatment
- Beginning of life issues
- End of life issues
- Clinical trials of Pharmaceuticals; Ethical aspects
- Applying Ethics to community Pharmacy practice.
- Research Ethics
- Transplant Ethics
- Pharmacist – Pharmacist relationship
- Modern issues in medical sciences
- Genetics Engineering
- Cloning
- Abortion
- Postmortem
- Dissection on Dead Bodies
- Organ Transplant and Donation
- Commercial use of human remains
- Cosmetic Surgery