Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): Embedding Ethics Into Bioengineering Education" - Brit Shields, PhD

12:00pm - 1:00pm • Hybrid: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and virtual via Zoom)

2025-07-08 12:00:00 2025-07-08 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): Embedding Ethics Into Bioengineering Education" - Brit Shields, PhD Embedding Ethics into Bioengineering Education Brit Shields, PhD Senior Lecturer, Department of Bioengineering School of Engineering and Applied Science University of Pennsylvania This talk will foster a discussion on pedagogical strategies for developing ethics curricula tailored to bioengineering students. It will highlight the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Bioengineering’s Engineering Ethics Initiative, which aims to embed ethics into core technical courses. This initiative is designed to prepare graduates for responsible leadership in industry and engineering practice by equipping them with the tools to identify and address societal concerns effectively. Within the context of their technical training, students gain discipline-specific knowledge and skills, including principles of bioethics, proactive ethical design frameworks, regulatory and legal considerations, funding structures, and awareness of unintended consequences, among others. The initiative is a collaboration involving interdisciplinary faculty and Engineering Ethics Fellows with expertise spanning Bioengineering, History and Sociology of Technology, and Legal Studies. Streaming also available via Zoom Hybrid: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and virtual via Zoom) Penn Medical Ethics

This talk will foster a discussion on pedagogical strategies for developing ethics curricula tailored to bioengineering students. It will highlight the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Bioengineering’s Engineering Ethics Initiative, which aims to embed ethics into core technical courses. This initiative is designed to prepare graduates for responsible leadership in industry and engineering practice by equipping them with the tools to identify and address societal concerns effectively. Within the context of their technical training, students gain discipline-specific knowledge and skills, including principles of bioethics, proactive ethical design frameworks, regulatory and legal considerations, funding structures, and awareness of unintended consequences, among others. The initiative is a collaboration involving interdisciplinary faculty and Engineering Ethics Fellows with expertise spanning Bioengineering, History and Sociology of Technology, and Legal Studies.