Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical History and Ethics

UNDER GRADUATE EDUCATION

The department of the History of Medicine and Medical Ethics in Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine was built on 1998. Since its founding the department has maintained a tradition of excellence in the history of medicine and medical ethics. A joint doctoral program with the Department of History is also available. Graduate students are encouraged to work in related fields, such as history (including the history of science, technology, the history of Ottoman medicine), medical sociology, bioethics, and population health. (For more information please click HERE)

2025-2026 Academic Year

Term	Must courses	Elective courses (16 weeks)
I	History of Medicine (10 hours)	Bioethics and Cinema
		Her	Artificial Intelligence
		You Don't Know Jack	Medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, end of life issues
		Never Let Me Go	Informed consent, patient preferences, human cloning, eugenia, organ transplantation
		Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Informed consent, protection of genetic data, ethics in biomedical research
		My Child	Vulnerable populations, discrimination
		If These Walls Could Talk	Abortion, reproductive rights, Beginning of life issues, feminist bioethics
II	Medical Ethics (9 hours)	Representations of Physicians in Cinema
		Wit	Informed consent, end- of- life issues, patient preferences
		Something the Lord Made	Discrimination,Equality of opportunities and outcomes,responsibilities of physicians
		Monday Mornings	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
		Hippocrates	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
		Doctor	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
III	Clinical Ethics (8 hours)	Vulnerable Populations and Bioethics**
		Justice In Medicine and Allocation of Scarce Resources
V		Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Education Guide Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Student Guide
		Ethics in Research and Publication Ethics in Research and Publication Education Guide Ethics in Research and Publication Student Guide

(2025-2026 Academic Year)

Term	Must courses	Elective courses (16 weeks)
I	History of Medicine (10 hours)	Bioethics and Cinema
		Her	Artificial Intelligence
		You Don't Know Jack	Medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, end of life issues
		Never Let Me Go	Informed consent, patient preferences, human cloning, eugenia, organ transplantation
		Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Informed consent, protection of genetic data, ethics in biomedical research
		My Child	Vulnerable populations, discrimination
		If These Walls Could Talk	Abortion, reproductive rights, Beginning of life issues, feminist bioethics
II	Medical Ethics (9 hours)	Representations of Physicians in Cinema
		Wit	Informed consent, end- of- life issues, patient preferences
		Something the Lord Made	Discrimination,Equality of opportunities and outcomes,responsibilities of physicians
		Monday Mornings	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
		Hippocrates	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
		Doctor	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
III	Clinical Ethics (8 hours)	Vulnerable Populations and Bioethics**
		Justice In Medicine and Allocation of Scarce Resources
V		Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Education Guide Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Student Guide
		Ethics in Research and Publication Ethics in Research and Publication Education Guide Ethics in Research and Publication Student Guide

(2024-2025 Academic Year)

Term	Must courses	Elective courses (16 weeks)
I	History of Medicine (10 hours)	Bioethics and Cinema
		Her	Artificial Intelligence
		You Don't Know Jack	Medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, end of life issues
		Never Let Me Go	Informed consent, patient preferences, human cloning, eugenia, organ transplantation
		Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Informed consent, protection of genetic data, ethics in biomedical research
		My Child	Vulnerable populations, discrimination
		If These Walls Could Talk	Abortion, reproductive rights, Beginning of life issues, feminist bioethics
II	Medical Ethics (9 hours)	Representations of Physicians in Cinema
		Wit	Informed consent, end- of- life issues, patient preferences
		Something the Lord Made	Discrimination,Equality of opportunities and outcomes,responsibilities of physicians
		Monday Mornings	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
		Hippocrates	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
		Doctor	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
III	Clinical Ethics (8 hours)	Vulnerable Populations and Bioethics**
		Justice In Medicine and Allocation of Scarce Resources
V		Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Education Guide Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Student Guide
		Ethics in Research and Publication Ethics in Research and Publication Education Guide Ethics in Research and Publication Student Guide

(2023-2024 Akademik Yılı)

Term	Must courses	Elective courses (16 weeks)
I	History of Medicine (10 hours)	Bioethics and Cinema
		Wit	Informed consent, end- of- life issues, patient preferences
		You Don't Know Jack	Medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, end of life issues
		Never Let Me Go	Informed consent, patient preferences, human cloning, eugenia, organ transplantation
		Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Informed consent, protection of genetic data, ethics in biomedical research
		My Child	Vulnerable populations, discrimination
		If These Walls Could Talk	Abortion, reproductive rights, Beginning of life issues, feminist bioethics
II	Medical Ethics (9 hours)	Representations of Physicians in Cinema
		Elephant Man	Vulnerable populations, Right to Health, discrimination
		Something the Lord Made	Discrimination,Equality of opportunities and outcomes,responsibilities of physicians
		Monday Mornings	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
		Hippocrates	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
		Doktor	Identity of physicians, physician- patient relationship
III	Clinical Ethics (8 hours)	Vulnerable Populations and Bioethics**
		Justice In Medicine and Allocation of Scarce Resources
V		Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Education Guide Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Student Guide
		Ethics in Research and Publication Ethics in Research and Publication Education Guide Ethics in Research and Publication Student Guide

2022-2023 Academic Year

Term	Must courses	Elective courses (16 weeks)
I	History of Medicine (10 hours)	Bioethics and Cinema
		Wit
		You Don't Know Jack
		Never Let Me Go
		Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
		My Child
		If These Walls Could Talk
II	Medical Ethics (9 hours)	Representations of Physicians in Cinema
		Elephant Man
		Something the Lord Made
		Monday Mornings
		Hippocrates
		Doktor
III	Clinical Ethics (8 hours)	Vulnerable Populations and Bioethics**
III	Clinical Ethics (8 hours)	Justice In Medicine and Allocation of Scarce Resources
V		Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Education Guide Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Student Guide
V		Ethics in Research and Publication Ethics in Research and Publication Education Guide Ethics in Research and Publication Student Guide

* Please click on the name of the lectures in the table for their curriculum.
** You can find the presentations of the Vulnerable Groups and Bioethics lectures here.

PHASE 1
Compulsory	*Medical History*		10 hours
Elective	2013-…	Bioethics and Cinema	15 weeks
Elective	2013-2014	History and Philosophy of Science	15 weeks
PHASE 2
Compulsory	*Medical Ethics*		9 hours
Elective	2013-…	Representations of Physicians in Cinema	15 weeks
PHASE 3
Compulsory	*Clinical Ethics*		8 hours
Elective	2017-	Vulnerable Groups and Bioethics	15 weeks
Elective	2013-2014 2018-2019	Justice In Medicine and Allocation of Scarce Resources	15 weeks
PHASE 5
Elective	2013-…	Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Education Guide Clinical Ethics Case Analysis Student Guide	15 weeks
Elective	2013-…	Ethics in Research and Publication Ethics in Research and Publication Education Guide Ethics in Research and Publication Student Guide	15 weeks

deontoloji@hacettepe.edu.tr

(2025-2026 Academic Year)

(2024-2025 Academic Year)

(2023-2024 Akademik Yılı)

* Please click on the name of the lectures in the table for their curriculum. ** You can find the presentations of the Vulnerable Groups and Bioethics lectures here.

* Please click on the name of the lectures in the table for their curriculum.
** You can find the presentations of the Vulnerable Groups and Bioethics lectures here.