Course Leader: Julianne Ip, MD

Other Faculty: Georg Markmann, MPH, Thomas Bledsoe, MD

Course Location: Tuebingen, Germany

When Offered: 2 weeks in the summer

Maximum Students per Rotation: 15

Duration of Rotation: 2 weeks

Type of Rotation: Exchange program opportunity with lectures and small group discussions and presentations

Number of Hrs/Wk of Classroom/Discussion: 25 hours/week (5 hours 8:00-1:00 for 10 days)

Number of Nights On call per Week: none

Prerequisites: n/a

Criteria for Honors: none offered

Competencies: Ability V: Beginner Level, Ability VIII: Beginner or Intermediate Level; to earn abilities at the Intermediate Level the students may choose to write a final paper under the auspicious of Dr. Tom Bledsoe, Director of the Brown Center for Bio-Medical Ethics at an advanced level 19.

Description: Students from Brown and Tuebeingen will discuss ethical issues of medical practice from a comparative perspective. There will be small group discussions and group presentations on chosen topics. There will be an optional independent final paper on topic chosen by the student.