MATSEC SEC Ethics case studies
MATSEC SEC Ethics · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) is a qualification awarded through the MATSEC Examinations Board, which is part of L-Università ta' Malta. MATSEC sits within the University's Study section of its website, alongside Junior College, and maintains its own section covering Regulations, Guidelines and policies, Syllabi, Current Session Information, Applications, Past Papers, Marking Schemes and Exemplars, and Research and Reports. The MATSEC SEC Ethics case studies are 5 cases and about 4,660 words.
1The ventilator allocation at St Marta's
St Marta's, a small island hospital, has six intensive care beds with ventilators; two are occupied by patients expected to recover. Eight patients need ventilatory support within the next 12 hours, and no transfer is possible because the air ambulance is grounded by weather.
881 words, about 4 min2Continuous sedation and a request to die
Mrs Farrugia, 78, has advanced motor neurone disease and is cared for at home in a village outside Valletta by a hospice outreach team. She can no longer speak clearly, eat, or turn herself in bed, and she describes her breathlessness and choking episodes as unbearable.
972 words, about 5 min3Falsified records at the care home
Daniel has worked for 11 months as a care assistant at a private residential home for older people. He is still on probation.
984 words, about 5 min4The essay that shifted in style
Chloe, 16, submits a 1,500-word essay for her SEC Ethics coursework on Kant's categorical imperative. Her teacher, Mr Camilleri, notices a shift in style between the first two sections and the last, and a reference to a book the school library does not hold.
929 words, about 5 min5The brine shrimp toxicity project
For a school science fair, Kyle, 17, proposes to expose 240 brine shrimp (Artemia) to four concentrations of a household bleach-based cleaner plus a control, recording mortality at 24 and 48 hours, and repeating the test three times. The biology teacher supports it as a good example of dose-response.
894 words, about 4 min