“Bioethics - Medical Ethics”: New Master’s degree programme offered by the Open University of Cyprus

The Open University of Cyprus offers a new, innovative and interdisciplinary postgraduate programme entitled “Bioethics - Medical Ethics” as of the academic year 2020-2021. The Programme is offered in Greek, is accredited by the the Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education, and will award 120 ECTS credits. Bioethics and Medical Ethics are fields with tremendous dynamic due to the rapid development of biotechnology, genetics, medical technology and, in general, the life sciences.

The health care provider nowadays needs to have knowledge and skills that go beyond his / her traditional tasks in order to make decisions about the beginning and the end of life, as well as for the implementation of technological achievements in order to improve the quality of life the protection of their essential inalienable rights of the patients, the protection of their personal data, and much more. The Master’s Programme in "Bioethics - Medical Ethics" is primarily designed to serve the needs of health care professionals, doctors, nurses, researchers and law professionals (arbitrators, mediators, barristers, solicitors, judges etc.) as well as paralegals. It aims to provide students the above-mentioned knowledge and skills on purpose of improving the quality of services they provide, sharpen their critical thinking and render them able to handle critical situations and make key decisions about the course and quality life of those who seek their services. At the same time, the knowledge that students will acquire will make them less vulnerable to moral or legal slippages.

Applications for this New Programme offered by the Open University of Cyprus for the academic year 2020-2021 will be announced soon. Online applications are submitted through the OUC website www.ouc.ac.cy

The Open University of Cyprus is a public university offering exclusively distance learning, affordable, high quality undergraduate and postgraduate degrees accredited by Cypriot, Greek, and other national competent authorities in Europe and the world. OUC’s flexible distance learning methodology supports people’s need for continuous enhancement of their qualifications and personal/professional advancement, allowing students the flexibility to fit their studies around personal and professional commitments. OUC’s main educational tool is the state-of-the-art eLearning Platform eClass, which facilitates online teaching and learning, allowing the establishment of virtual classrooms, and which is equipped with real-time and asynchronous collaboration tools.