Fall 2026

Ethical Issues in Health Care

MEDHIST/PHILOS 558 examines ethical issues arising from new biomedical technologies.

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Historical reviews of Robert Streiffer: The difficulty is rated as moderate, suggesting a manageable workload for the amount of learning provided.

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Robert Streiffer: Robert Streiffer is described as an excellent professor who teaches the class in an exceptional manner. Reviewers note that the course provides an eye-opening experience regarding healthcare ethics.

ROBERT K STREIFFER is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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A historical review describes the course as an exceptional, eye-opening experience that effectively covers healthcare ethics.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.71 GPA, 94.5% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.51 GPA, 89.1% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=43 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Robert Streiffer: The difficulty is rated as moderate, suggesting a manageable workload for the amount of learning provided.

Historical reviews of Robert Streiffer: One reviewer found the organization and teaching style excellent, leading to significant learning and a strong recommendation.

Topics

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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UW–Madison

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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