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Course Title Languages Instructor Duration
Born Too Soon, “Neonatal Care in the 21st Century”English

Gerard Magill, Ph.D

Professor Magill is holder of the Vernon F. Gallagher Chair for the Integration of Science, Theology, Philosophy and Law. He is a tenured Professor in Duquesne University 's Center for Healthcare Ethics in the McAnulty Graduate School of Liberal Arts. He arrived at Duquesne University in 2007.

Previously, Professor Magill was a tenured Professor in the Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University where he served as inaugural Department Chair (1996-2005) and as Executive Director (1999-2005); also, he held secondary appointments as Professor in the School of Medicine in its Department of Internal Medicine and Professor in the School of Public Health in its Department of Health Administration. During this period he served on the University's Hospital Ethics Committee and was a member of the University's Institutional Review Board for research protocols. From 1976-1996, sequentially he held teaching posts in religious ethics in Drygrange College , Scotland , in Loyola University 's theology department in Chicago , in Saint Louis University 's theology department. He holds a Ph.D. in theology from Edinburgh University , Scotland , and an S.T.L. in moral theology, an S.T.B. in systematic theology and a Ph.B. in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome , Italy .

Professor Magill has published five edited or co-edited interdisciplinary books: Genetics and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Study (2004); Abortion and Public Policy: An Interdisciplinary Investigation (1996); Values and Public Life: An Interdisciplinary Study (1995); Personality and Belief: Interdisciplinary Essays (1994); Discourse and Context: An Interdisciplinary Study (1993). Also, he has published over sixty academic essays in scholarly or professional journals. He was the lead author of Ethics Consultation Liability (2004), a national report commissioned by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. From 1996-2006 he was editor of the bioethics journal, Health Care Ethics USA . He has given approximately two hundred scholarly or professional presentations at conferences etc. And he is an active member of ten professional associations.

Currently, Professor Magill is completing a book on applying the imagination to the development of health care ethics and his research agenda focuses on human genomics and stem cell research.

Ethical Expert Opinions

F. Sessions Cole, M.D. Chief Medical Officer, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine.

Baruch A. Brody, MD, Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine

Laurie Zoloth, PhD., Professor of Medical Ethics and Humanities, and of Religion, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Alan R. Fleischman, MD.,Senior Vice President: New York Academy of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Norm Fost, M.D., M.P.H., Chair: Health Sciences Human Subjects Committee, Chair: UW Hospital Ethics Committee, and director of the Child Protection Team.
12.00 hours
Dying Well, “Assisted Suicide and End-of-Life Care?”English

Gerard Magill, Ph.D

Professor Magill is holder of the Vernon F. Gallagher Chair for the Integration of Science, Theology, Philosophy and Law. He is a tenured Professor in Duquesne University 's Center for Healthcare Ethics in the McAnulty Graduate School of Liberal Arts. He arrived at Duquesne University in 2007.

Previously, Professor Magill was a tenured Professor in the Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University where he served as inaugural Department Chair (1996-2005) and as Executive Director (1999-2005); also, he held secondary appointments as Professor in the School of Medicine in its Department of Internal Medicine and Professor in the School of Public Health in its Department of Health Administration. During this period he served on the University's Hospital Ethics Committee and was a member of the University's Institutional Review Board for research protocols. From 1976-1996, sequentially he held teaching posts in religious ethics in Drygrange College , Scotland , in Loyola University 's theology department in Chicago , in Saint Louis University 's theology department. He holds a Ph.D. in theology from Edinburgh University , Scotland , and an S.T.L. in moral theology, an S.T.B. in systematic theology and a Ph.B. in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome , Italy .

Professor Magill has published five edited or co-edited interdisciplinary books: Genetics and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Study (2004); Abortion and Public Policy: An Interdisciplinary Investigation (1996); Values and Public Life: An Interdisciplinary Study (1995); Personality and Belief: Interdisciplinary Essays (1994); Discourse and Context: An Interdisciplinary Study (1993). Also, he has published over sixty academic essays in scholarly or professional journals. He was the lead author of Ethics Consultation Liability (2004), a national report commissioned by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. From 1996-2006 he was editor of the bioethics journal, Health Care Ethics USA . He has given approximately two hundred scholarly or professional presentations at conferences etc. And he is an active member of ten professional associations.

Currently, Professor Magill is completing a book on applying the imagination to the development of health care ethics and his research agenda focuses on human genomics and stem cell research.

Ethical Expert Opinions

Timothy E. Quill, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Medical Humanities at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Linda Ganzini, M.D., M.P. H., OHSU Department of Psychiatry

Ann Jackson, M.B.A., Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Oregon Hospice Association

Joanne Lynn, M.D., Director of the Center to Improve Care of the Dying, George Washington Medical School Washington, D.C.

Sylvia McSkimming, PhD, RN, Former Executive Director: Supportive Care of the Dying: A Coalition for Compassionate Care

Peter A. Rasmussen, M.D. Oncologist

Mark Siegler, M.D., FACP., Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics

Daniel P. Sulmasy, O.F.M., M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Scott Blaine Swenson ,ODWD Executive Director

12.00 hours
Stem Cell Research: Frontier of Hope and ConcernEnglish

Gerard Magill, Ph.D

Professor Magill is holder of the Vernon F. Gallagher Chair for the Integration of Science, Theology, Philosophy and Law. He is a tenured Professor in Duquesne University 's Center for Healthcare Ethics in the McAnulty Graduate School of Liberal Arts. He arrived at Duquesne University in 2007.

Previously, Professor Magill was a tenured Professor in the Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University where he served as inaugural Department Chair (1996-2005) and as Executive Director (1999-2005); also, he held secondary appointments as Professor in the School of Medicine in its Department of Internal Medicine and Professor in the School of Public Health in its Department of Health Administration. During this period he served on the University's Hospital Ethics Committee and was a member of the University's Institutional Review Board for research protocols. From 1976-1996, sequentially he held teaching posts in religious ethics in Drygrange College , Scotland , in Loyola University 's theology department in Chicago , in Saint Louis University 's theology department. He holds a Ph.D. in theology from Edinburgh University , Scotland , and an S.T.L. in moral theology, an S.T.B. in systematic theology and a Ph.B. in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome , Italy .

Professor Magill has published five edited or co-edited interdisciplinary books: Genetics and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Study (2004); Abortion and Public Policy: An Interdisciplinary Investigation (1996); Values and Public Life: An Interdisciplinary Study (1995); Personality and Belief: Interdisciplinary Essays (1994); Discourse and Context: An Interdisciplinary Study (1993). Also, he has published over sixty academic essays in scholarly or professional journals. He was the lead author of Ethics Consultation Liability (2004), a national report commissioned by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. From 1996-2006 he was editor of the bioethics journal, Health Care Ethics USA . He has given approximately two hundred scholarly or professional presentations at conferences etc. And he is an active member of ten professional associations.

Currently, Professor Magill is completing a book on applying the imagination to the development of health care ethics and his research agenda focuses on human genomics and stem cell research.

Ethical Expert Opinions

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UC San Francisco, Fellow of the Salk Institute

R. Alta Charo, J.D., Elizabeth S. Wilson-Bascom Professor of Law and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Rebecca Dresser, J.D., M.S., Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law, Professor of Ethics in Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis

Robert P. George, J.D., D.Phil., Founding director of the James Madison Program, President’s Bioethics Council, Former Presidential appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights

Leon R. Kass, M.D., Ph.D., Addie Clark Harding Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, College at the University of Chicago, Hertog Fellow in Social Thought at the American Enterprise Institute

Jeffrey P. Kahn, Ph.D., M.P.H.,  Director of the Center for Bioethics, and Maas Family Chair in Bioethics,  Professor in the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health; and Department of Philosophy  University of Minnesota
12.00 hours
Persistent Vegetative State “To Live … or Let DieEnglish

Gerard Magill, Ph.D

Professor Magill is holder of the Vernon F. Gallagher Chair for the Integration of Science, Theology, Philosophy and Law. He is a tenured Professor in Duquesne University 's Center for Healthcare Ethics in the McAnulty Graduate School of Liberal Arts. He arrived at Duquesne University in 2007.

Previously, Professor Magill was a tenured Professor in the Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University where he served as inaugural Department Chair (1996-2005) and as Executive Director (1999-2005); also, he held secondary appointments as Professor in the School of Medicine in its Department of Internal Medicine and Professor in the School of Public Health in its Department of Health Administration. During this period he served on the University's Hospital Ethics Committee and was a member of the University's Institutional Review Board for research protocols. From 1976-1996, sequentially he held teaching posts in religious ethics in Drygrange College , Scotland , in Loyola University 's theology department in Chicago , in Saint Louis University 's theology department. He holds a Ph.D. in theology from Edinburgh University , Scotland , and an S.T.L. in moral theology, an S.T.B. in systematic theology and a Ph.B. in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome , Italy .

Professor Magill has published five edited or co-edited interdisciplinary books: Genetics and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Study (2004); Abortion and Public Policy: An Interdisciplinary Investigation (1996); Values and Public Life: An Interdisciplinary Study (1995); Personality and Belief: Interdisciplinary Essays (1994); Discourse and Context: An Interdisciplinary Study (1993). Also, he has published over sixty academic essays in scholarly or professional journals. He was the lead author of Ethics Consultation Liability (2004), a national report commissioned by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. From 1996-2006 he was editor of the bioethics journal, Health Care Ethics USA . He has given approximately two hundred scholarly or professional presentations at conferences etc. And he is an active member of ten professional associations.

Currently, Professor Magill is completing a book on applying the imagination to the development of health care ethics and his research agenda focuses on human genomics and stem cell research.

Ethical Expert Opinions

Daniel Callahan, MED., PhD Director of the International Program at the Hastings Center, Garrison, New YorkSenior Fellow in the Division of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, Boston

 

Karen Lebacqz, PhD., The Robert Gordon Sproul Professor of Theological Ethics at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California

 

Eric J. Cassell, MD, MACP, Attending Physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital

Clinical Professor of Public Health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University

 

Rebecca Dresser, PhD, JD Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law, Washington University, St Louis

12.00 hours
A National Emergency, “Patient Safety”English

Gerard Magill, Ph.D

Professor Magill is holder of the Vernon F. Gallagher Chair for the Integration of Science, Theology, Philosophy and Law. He is a tenured Professor in Duquesne University 's Center for Healthcare Ethics in the McAnulty Graduate School of Liberal Arts. He arrived at Duquesne University in 2007.

Previously, Professor Magill was a tenured Professor in the Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University where he served as inaugural Department Chair (1996-2005) and as Executive Director (1999-2005); also, he held secondary appointments as Professor in the School of Medicine in its Department of Internal Medicine and Professor in the School of Public Health in its Department of Health Administration. During this period he served on the University's Hospital Ethics Committee and was a member of the University's Institutional Review Board for research protocols. From 1976-1996, sequentially he held teaching posts in religious ethics in Drygrange College , Scotland , in Loyola University 's theology department in Chicago , in Saint Louis University 's theology department. He holds a Ph.D. in theology from Edinburgh University , Scotland , and an S.T.L. in moral theology, an S.T.B. in systematic theology and a Ph.B. in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome , Italy .

Professor Magill has published five edited or co-edited interdisciplinary books: Genetics and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Study (2004); Abortion and Public Policy: An Interdisciplinary Investigation (1996); Values and Public Life: An Interdisciplinary Study (1995); Personality and Belief: Interdisciplinary Essays (1994); Discourse and Context: An Interdisciplinary Study (1993). Also, he has published over sixty academic essays in scholarly or professional journals. He was the lead author of Ethics Consultation Liability (2004), a national report commissioned by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. From 1996-2006 he was editor of the bioethics journal, Health Care Ethics USA . He has given approximately two hundred scholarly or professional presentations at conferences etc. And he is an active member of ten professional associations.

Currently, Professor Magill is completing a book on applying the imagination to the development of health care ethics and his research agenda focuses on human genomics and stem cell research.

 Expert Opinions

Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P.

President, CEO and co-founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston, MA

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

 

Troyen A. Brennan, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, President of the Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization, Professor of Law and Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health

Janet M. Corrigan, Ph.D.

Senior Board Director for Health Care Services at the Institute of Medicine (IOM)

Dennis S. O’Leary, M.D., President, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Rosemary Gibson, Author, “Wall of Silence”

12.00 hours
Certified Indoor Air Quality ManagerEnglish

Ian Cull, PE, CIEC, CMC, CIAQP, is the president of Indoor Sciences and was elected in 2006 and 2009 by the membership of the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) to serve on its board of directors for three-year terms. Ian was elected as the organization's vice president in 2008 and 2009. He also served as a non-voting board member for the Indoor Environmental Standards Organization (IESO) from 2007-2009.

Ian first started in the fields of indoor air quality and sustainability in 1995 when he joined Chelsea Group, Ltd., an IAQ and sustainability consulting firm. Ian has developed and taught numerous seminars, certification programs, and customized presentations, reaching well over 1,000 individuals in the U.S. and several other countries, including China and India. Ian is a master trainer for the IAQA and has taught their programs: Certified Indoor Environmentalist, Fundamentals of Indoor Air Quality and HVAC, Certified IAQ Manager, and Certified Microbial Investigator. His in-depth knowledge in all aspects of building science, IAQ, and sustainability make him a highly respected and commended teacher.

Ian is a professional environmental engineer whose skill in the classroom is based on his vast experience managing a large number of projects focused on improved indoor environments and sustainability. He has completed assessments in offices, schools, homes, dormitories, condominiums, hospitals and health care facilities. Ian is proficient not only in finding problems, but also in offering appropriate solutions and recommendations to prevent future re-occurrences.

Ian is also well known for developing three educational Web sites:

These helpful tools allow professionals in the sustainability and IAQ fields to collaborate and share information. More than 2,000 unique visitors use these sites each month.

Ian has a Bachelor's of Science degree in engineering from one of the country's top environmental engineering programs at University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Illinois, a Certified Indoor Environmental Consultant (CIEC), a Certified Microbial Consultant (CMC), and a Certified Indoor Air Quality Professional (CIAQP).

Ian is a member of the IAQA, the Chicago Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

Ian is committed to seeing the fields of IAQ and sustainability grow in the right direction. To that end, he spends a great number of hours each week volunteering on committees and boards, including the following committees:

  • Chairman, IAQA's Futures Committee: 2007-present
  • Chairman, IAQAware subcommittee: 2005-present
  • Chairman, IAQA's Ad-Hoc Committee on Conflict of Interest: 2007, 2008
  • Chairman, IAQA's Ad-Hoc Web site Committee: 2009
  • IAQA's CIE subcommittee: 2003-present
  • IAQA's Education Committee: 2005-present
  • IAQA Nominating Committee: 2007, 2008
16.00 hours
Basic MathsEnglish

With this course you will have unlimited access to your own personal tutor who specialises in their field of study. It is your personal tutor's role to ensure that you receive constructive feedback and to deal with any queries you may have. You are more than welcome to telephone, fax or email your personal tutor.

You will also have access to a dedicated and friendly team of administrators and course advisors who offer sound and professional guidance and advice when you need it. This ensures that you will never feel neglected and that you will always succeed!

20.00 hours
Advanced Layout DesignEnglish

This graphic design course is taught by Thom McKenna. Mr. McKenna is the Owner/Senior Creative Director of Flatiron Industries, a graphic design/multimedia firm based in the New York area. Thom has over 18 years experience in the graphic design industry, including multimedia and television work within the advertising, design and, publishing world. Thom earned a BA in Political Science at the University of Maryland. As Art Director of Emerging Markets, an international daily newspaper covering the major IMF/World Bank and Regional Bank meetings, Thom has published on-site in the following countries: Argentina, Bulgaria, China, Ivory Coast, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, The Philippines, Portugal, Russia, and Spain. Flatiron Industries recent clients include: AIG, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, American College of Physicians, American Express, Berlitz International, Citibank, Computer Associates, JP Morgan Chase, J. Wiley & Sons, ING Bank, Morgan Stanley, Sports Illustrated, Thomson Financial, and The United Nations.

30.00 hours
Advanced CSS LayoutsEnglish

Christopher Schmitt is the founder of Heatvision, a small new media publishing and design firm. Christopher is an award-winning Web designer who has been working with the Web since 1993. Christopher earned a Masters in Communication for Interactive and New Communication Technologies while obtaining a graduate certificate in Project Management from FSU's College of Communication. As a sought-after speaker and trainer, Christopher regularly demonstrates the use and benefits of practical standards-based designs. Christopher is the Co-Lead of the Adobe Task Force for the Web Standards Project (WaSP) and author of numerous Web design and digital imaging books, including Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites, and CSS Cookbook. Christopher has also written for New Architect Magazine, A List Apart, Digital Web, and Web Reference.

30.00 hours
Principles of Green BuildingsEnglish

Roger DesRosiers has an extensive career in HVACR with 30 years as an apprentice instructor and seven years as a college professor. He's also spent many years as a Journeyman Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, and Steam fitter; an Estimator/Application Engineer; Supervisor of Air Conditioning; Refrigeration and Steam fitting; and Craft Head of Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, and Steam fitting.  

Over the years, he has earned an Associate's and a Bachelor's degree in Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, and an Associate's in Electronics. Among his professional certificates are: Teaching Certificate in Vocational Education for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Certified Energy Manager from the Association of Energy Engineers, Certified Member of Refrigeration Service Engineers Society, and Certified Member of Plumbing Industry Progress in Education. He is 608 EPA Certified. Recently, Roger authored and edited a number of online courses and an article on Tech Tips. He also completed a course in online faculty training to bring our students the very best in both teaching and technical industry knowledge.

30.00 hours
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