Collaborations to Advance Understanding of Science and Ethics (Phase II)

描述(由申请人提供)：对生物医学研究的支持取决于公众对研究如何进行及其对人类健康至关重要的理解。科学创新的快速发展带来了新的生物伦理挑战，既突出了获取准确科学信息的必要性，也凸显了理性公民话语的重要性。“合作促进对科学和伦理的理解”(事业)第二阶段计划解决了对创新教育资源的未得到满足的需求，使科学和健康教师准备好与他们的学生一起探索研究的伦理影响。长期目标是提高公众对与健康相关的研究过程的认识，并促进对伦理与科学关系的理解。事业教材旨在提高学生对研究发生的社会背景的认识，展示理解科学内容和研究过程的重要性，并促进发展分析健康科学中的伦理问题所需的技能。 这笔第二阶段的赠款支持向自给自足状态的过渡和在第一阶段开发的专门知识和材料的全国传播。原因产品、一本道德入门读本和三个课程单元(艾滋病毒疫苗临床试验、干细胞研究和基因测试)将通过两种主要方法传播。首先，将与华盛顿大学远程教育系合作，为教育工作者开发一门在线课程。一旦创建、试点测试和修订，这门课程将变得自给自足，并可供所有美国教师使用。第二，CACESS将在不同的工作坊/机构为教育者提供专业发展，以确保教师将使用项目资源，并培训他们的同事如何使用材料。我们的传播将利用第一阶段所做的投资，有效地利用已经完成的工作。对事业项目产品的教育使用将有助于公民做好准备，使他们能够分析未来关于研究相关问题的政策决策的伦理和科学层面，以及他们自己的健康选择。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Support for biomedical research is dependent on public understanding of how research is conducted and its vital importance for human health. The rapid pace of scientific innovation has resulted in new bioethical challenges that highlight both the need for access to accurate scientific information as well as the importance of rational civic discourse. The 'Collaborations to Advance the Understanding of Science and Ethics' (CAUSE) Phase II program addresses an unmet need for innovative educational resources that prepare science and health teachers to explore the ethical implications of research with their students. The long-term goals are to increase public awareness of the processes of health-related research, and to foster understanding of the relationship of ethics to science. CAUSE teaching materials are designed to increase student awareness of the social contexts in which research occurs, demonstrate the importance of understanding science content and the process of research, and promote the development of skills required to analyze ethical issues in the health sciences. This Phase II grant supports the transition to self-sustaining status and national dissemination of the expertise and materials developed in Phase I. The CAUSE products, an Ethics Primer and 3 curriculum units (HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials, Stem Cell Research, and Genetic Testing), will be disseminated through two major methods. First, an online course for educators will be developed in collaboration with the University of Washington Distance Learning Department. Once created, pilot-tested and revised this course will become self-sustaining and available to all US teachers. Second, CAUSE will offer educator professional development in various workshops/institutes, to insure that teachers will use the program resources as well as train their colleagues in utilizing the materials. Our dissemination will capitalize on the investment made in Phase I, effectively leveraging the work already completed. Educational use of the CAUSE program products will assist in the preparation of citizens who can analyze the ethical and scientific dimensions of future policy decisions about research-related issues as well as their own health choices.