Leila Afshar

leilaafshar@sbmu.ac.ir

lafshar@gmail.com

 

 

Permanent address

Medical Ethics Departement

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Tehran , Iran

 

Executive Responsibilities:

Director of the Department of Medical Ethics

Dean of the Faculty of Medical Education and Learning Technologies

Head of the Medical Ethics Research Network

Secretary of the University Ethics Council

 

EDUCATION

MD, PhD of Medical Ethics

 

Thesis title: Personhood and Moral status in Transcendental Philosophy ofMolla sadra’s, A Comparative Study on Ethical Challenges at the Beginning of Life.

 

2009- 2013           PhD of Medical Ethics

1988- 1995           Medicine

1984- 1986           Medical lab technician

 

HONOURS

 

Top Medical Ethics PhD Student 2012

 

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Ethical issues in beginning of life
• Ethics in medical education and research
• Teaching medical ethics

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Book:

Moral Status of the Human Embryo; SBMU,Tehran,Iran,2015 (in Persian) 

 

 

Book Chapter:

Ethical Issues in Perinatal Tissue Derivation and Regenerative Medicine  in Perinatal Tissue-Derived Stem Cells,  Springer International Publishing Switzerland  2016

 

Research: International Collaboration.  in Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

 

“Personhood an Islamic Perspective”, in Bioethics in Iran: An Application of Islamic Bioethics. EUBIOS , 2014

 

Patient’s Privacy in Health Care Providers and Patients communication. In: Practical Ethics in Iran and Islam. Social and cultural research center, 2010 (in Persian)

 

 

Articles:

 

Explanation of Value conflict resolution experiences of medical teachers in, Kashan Medical University: A Qualitative content analysis, Journal of Developmental  studies in Medical education, 2018; 6(1), Pp 33-46 (in Persian)

 

Applying an Ethical Framework to Herbal Medicine, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2018, Article ID 1903629, 7 pages

 

Evaluation of medical ethics doctoral program; a utilization-focused approach, International Journal of Ethics Education, March 2018

 

An overview of ethical issues in Tissue Engineering, J of Applied Tissue Engineering 2018; 5(2)

 

Comparison of Professional Ethics Course in Pharm. D. Curriculum of Selected Pharmacy Faculties,  Educ Res Med Sci. 2017; 6(2): 69-76.

 

The Role of Private Sector in Higher Education; From Quantity and Quality to Access and Social Justice, Journal of Medical Education Winter 2017, Vol. 16, No. 1

 

Children’s Privacy in PediatricWards in Teaching Hospitals Affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences: 2014 – 2015. Arch Pediatr Infect Dis. 2017 January; 5(1):e36539.

 

 

Balance Between Confidentiality and Duty to Warn: A Case Commentary on Breast Cancer, Arch Breast Cancer; 2016, Vol. 4, No. 3: 104-107

 

 

Professional Practice of Medical Training in the E-Learning System: The Conceptual Model Based on a Critical Review, Journal of Medical Education Fall 2016; 15(4):214-20

 

Philosophy of Medicine Exam in the Olympiad for Medical Sciences Students: Report of an Experience, Iranian Journal of Medical Education 2016: 16(44) / 388-398

 

A conceptual model of physician-patient relationships: a qualitative study, J Med Ethics Hist Med 9: 14, November 2016

 

Review of Ethical Consideration in Clinical Training; Propose Behavioral Codes in Iranian Educational System, Educational Development of Jundishpur, V 7 N1 Spring 2016

 

Concept Analysis: Professional Formation of Medical Students, BIOSCIENCES BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASIA, March 2016. Vol. 13(1), 361-367

 

Medical Oath; the Educational Impact, Journal of Medical Education Winter 2016, Vol. 15, No. 1

 

Professional Behavior Assessment of Residents in Specialized Wards of Imam Reza Hospital in Tabriz Using P-MEX, Journal of Medical Education Fall 2015; 14(4):150-57

 

 

Development of standards of professionalism for the faculty members of

Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Journal of Advances in Medical Education (JAMED) Vol.1, NO.1, Autumn 2015, Page: 52-61

 

 

Value-based Curriculum model from the Viewpoints of Experts in Education of Ethics and Values in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iranian Journal of Medical Education 2015: 15(40) / 304-318

 

The relationship between patient advocacy practice of nurses and  their assertiveness, Nasrin.Imanifar, Abolfazle.Vaghar Seyedin, Mostafa.Roshanzadeh, Leila.Afshar. Medical Ethics Quarterly, summer2015, Vo 32 P141-166(in Persian)

 

Concept Analysis: Value Based Curriculum, BIOSCIENCES BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASIA, March 2015. Vol. 12(Spl. Edn. 1), p. 123-130

 

 

Critical Interpretive Synthesis of The Concept of Value in Medical Education,   Res Dev Med Educ, 2015, 4(1), 31-3466 (in Persian)

 

 

The standards of professionalism in nursing: the nursing instructors’ experiences, ebcj, vo(4) nu(10) p27-40

 

Moral status of the embryo and time of ensoulment: A new look to Islamic tradition. 13th Asian Bioethics Conference and the 6th UNESCO Asia Pacific School of Ethics Roundtable Proceeding. 2013, pp 223- 227

 

Embryo Donation in Iran: An Ethical Review. Developing World Bioethics, Volume 8 Number 3 2008 pp 192–196

ISSN 1471-8731 (print); 1471-8847 (online)

 

Abortion in Different Islamic Jurisprudence: Case Commentaries. Asian Bioethics Review, December 2011, Volume 3, Issue 4, P: 351–356

 

A Comparison between the effect of teaching ethical principles using narrative ethics and lecture on the morl sensitivity of nurses, Medical Ethics Quarterly, spring 2015, Vo 31 P95-125(in Persian)

 

Nursing ethics priorities from nurses aspects: a national study, Iranian Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2013, Volume 6 issue 3, P 54-63 (in Persian)

 

Personhood and Ensoulment, Medical Ethics Quarterly, Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, 2012, Volume 21 (in Persian)

 

Narrative Ethics; A method for educating medical ethics, Iranian Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2012, Volume 5 issue 5 ,P; 9-16 ( in Persian)

 

Moral Education in Avicenna’s works, Medical History Quarterly, Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, 2011, Volume 3(8), p; 65-91 (in Persian)

 

Ethical Considerations in Educational Researches, Medical History Quarterly, Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, 2011, Volume 3(8), p; 141-172 (in Persian)

 

Ethical Considerations in Medical Education; Patient’s Right in university teaching hospitals, Medical Ethics Quarterly, Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, 2010 Volume 13 (in Persian)

 

Privacy in Research on Human Subjects, Islamic teachings, Rahbord e Farhang Quarterly, Volume 8-9. 2011 p 59-74. (In Persian)

 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

 

• The concept of Physician-Patient Relationship: a Qualitative Study in Islamic Context, THE PATIENT Examining Realities, 5th Global Conference: The Health Project, Monday 5th September – Wednesday 7th September 2016 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom

 

• Personhood and Moral Status in Transcendent Wisdom of Molla Sadra, Accepted for Oral Presentation in: The Fourth Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion and Philosophy 2014 - Osaka, Japan March 27-30, 2014

 

• Personhood and the Beginning of life, 1^st. International Congress on Reproductive Ethics, Dec 2013. Jahrom University of Medical Sciences

 

 

• Ethical standards of medical educational researches, 14th Asian Bioethics Conference, Chennai, 19-23 November 2013

 

• Embryo reduction in Islamic jurisprudence, 14th Asian Bioethics Conference, Chennai, 19-23 November 2013

 

• Stem cell research in  Islamic jurisprudence; the role of implantation, 14th Asian Bioethics Conference, Chennai, 19-23 November 2013

 

 

• Ethical Priorities in Nursing, Nursing Ethics Congress, School of Nursing and Midwifery SBMU, May 2013

 

• Moral Status of the Embryo, third annual congress of medical ethics, March 2013, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

 

 

• Ethical Analysis of Embryo Donation in Iran. Medical Professional Ethics, Yazd University of Medical Sciences, Jan 2013

 

• Therapeutic Abortion in Different school of Islam, Royan Congress. Dec 2012

 

• Moral status of embryo and time of ensoulment; a new look to Islamic tradition. 13th Asian Bioethics Conference .27-30 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

• Moral status of embryo and time of ensoulment; a new look to Islamic tradition. 11^th world congress of Bioethics, 26- 29 June 2012. Rotterdam Holland.  Poster presentation.

 

 

• Patients in university teaching hospitals: ethical challenges. 12th Asian Bioethics Conference, 28 September 2011 ~ 1 October 2011, Howard international house, Taipei.Oral presentation.

 

• Privacy in Research on Human Subjects based on Islamic teachings. second annual congress of medical ethics. 2011, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

 

• Iranian Embryo donation Act. Second congress on Ethics and Assisted reproductive Technologies. 2010, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences

 

• Ethical Challenges of Medical Teaching, 12^th medical Education Congress, 2010, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.

 

• Patient’s Privacy criteria, 2ed international congress of Medical law, 2009. Shaheed Behashti University of Medical Sciences