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SARETI is a University of KwaZulu-Natal project, funded by the Fogarty International Center of the US National Institutes of Health to offer advanced learning in health research ethics. The programme is aimed at scientists, members of research ethics committees/IRBs, public health personnel, social scientists, philosophers, ethicists, health journalists, lawyers, and other professionals whose work impacts on health.

SARETI is an African programme in health research ethics that offers modular, flexible and hands-on learning. Trainees are enabled to develop the expertise required to ensure that health research in Africa has the welfare of individuals and of communities as its primary focus. SARETI's educational programmes vary from one-week intensive short courses, to 3-6 months Fellowships (mini-sabbaticals) for senior professionals, and a Masters programme (MSocSci with majors in health research ethics).

SARETI announces the availability of scholarships that offer full financial support (travel, course fees, accommodation, stipends) for four Masters' degree students annually. The scholarships are available to professionals involved in health research ethics and health research and who are resident in Africa. Applications from self-funded or sponsored students are also welcome.

Applications for the 2013 Masters programme (which starts in February 2013) are invited. The closing date for applications is 26 October 2012. For further information and application forms, see SARETI’s website: http://sareti.ukzn.ac.za or contact:

Mrs Carla Pettit, School of Applied Human Sciences, College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; Tel: +27-33-260-6162; Fax: +27 33 260 5809; E-mail: pettitc@ukzn.ac.za

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Winter Intensive Course in Bioethics

Social Media & Health: Meeting the Ethical Challenges
January 14, 15 or 17, 2013
9:00am—3:30pm

Course Faculty: Dan O'Connor PhD and Matthew DeCamp MD PhD

As the use of social media in health contexts continues rapidly to expand, so too does the number of ethical questions raised by its widespread application. Join the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics in January 2013 for a day-long course that identifies and explores the practical and ethical challenges of social media utilization in the health sector. The course is designed for professionals and students interested in the promises and perils of social media, both social media users and newcomers alike.

The course will provide the necessary tools and knowledge required to ethically approach the use of social media in the following contexts:

· Clinical Care - provider-patient communication, information exchange in disease communities, lay expertise;

· Public Health - health messaging, surveillance, policy;

· Human Subjects Research – recruitment/research online; and,

· Professionalism - how to be a ‘good’ provider and hospital in the social media ‘wild west.’

Course Features

· Open to all

· Day-long intensive format

· Refreshments & lunch

· JHU employee tuition remission available

· Certificate of completion

For more information & to register
Visit: www.bioethicsinstitute.org/intensives
Email: bioethics@jhu.edu
Phone: 410-614-5550