THE HEALTH CAPTAINS COLLEGE
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY – ETHICS TRACK
360º Next Generation Lifecare Ethical Leadership
MISSION
To prepare Lifecare leaders across sectors to uphold and advance a renewed ethical foundation for 21st-century medicine and health systems. Informed by the historic values of Hippocrates of Kos and adapted to the realities of precision health, AI, planetary health, and personalized medicine, this track empowers participants to lead ethically in a time of systemic transformation from Sickcare to Lifecare.
CONTEXT: THE HIPPOCRATIC TURNING POINT
The global transformation from reactive Sickcare to proactive Lifecare demands not only innovation and system redesign, but also a deep ethical reorientation.
This shift—toward sustaining the Healthspan of individuals and societies—must be built on a shared, future-ready value framework: one that extends the Hippocratic Oath beyond physicians to include all professionals and sectors contributing to human and planetary health.
Kos Island, the historical cradle of Western medical ethics, becomes the symbolic and intellectual anchor of this curriculum. Here, participants engage with the legacy of Hippocrates to co-create a modern Health Captains Hippocratic Oath, uniting science, technology, and human dignity in a common ethical compass.
CORE PRINCIPLES
Participants will explore and apply ethical leadership across the following domains, all central to enabling a just and sustainable Lifespan Economy:
Integrity of Data and Science: Trust in AI, genomics, and precision medicine begins with the reproducibility, traceability, and transparency of clinical, molecular, and digital data.
Equity and Access: Innovation must reduce—not widen—health disparities. Ethical leaders must embed inclusion in design, distribution, and governance of Lifecare systems.
Sovereignty and Consent: Individuals must retain agency over their health data, choices, and outcomes. Consent processes must evolve for continuous data-driven environments.
Stewardship and Sustainability: Health leadership must protect human and planetary well-being across generations, aligning ethical decision-making with One Health and climate action.
Professional Duty in a Digital Age: The Hippocratic ethos must expand beyond medical doctors to include technologists, researchers, investors, and policy leaders within a unified ethical ecosystem.
WELCOME ABOARD
ETHICS CURRICULUM MODULES
MODULE 1: ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF MEDICAL ETHICS
Theme: From Kos to the Cloud – Reclaiming the Soul of Medicine
Location (optional): Kos Island, Greece – The Health Captains Hippocratic Oath Forum
The historical foundations of the Hippocratic Oath and its global interpretations
Lessons from Kos: Ethics as a living practice across time, culture, and medical change
Reframing the ethical role of health leaders in a Lifecare paradigm
The moral consequences of failing to adapt ethics alongside science
Applied Dialogue: Develop personal and institutional reflections on the relevance of Hippocratic principles to current organizational decisions.
MODULE 2: DATA INTEGRITY, PRIVACY & DIGITAL TRUST
Theme: Do No Harm in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Omics
Ensuring ethical stewardship of medical, genomic, and biometric data
Risks of “garbage in, garbage out” in AI-powered health systems
Privacy, surveillance, and ethical boundaries in digital diagnostics and remote monitoring
Standards for data integrity in clinical trials, bioinformatics, and value-based care
Security and ethical resilience: Cybersecurity as a moral responsibility in Lifecare systems
Case Engagement: Review and resolve a real-world ethical breach involving digital health systems, data misuse, or algorithmic bias.
MODULE 3: ETHICAL GOVERNANCE ACROSS STAKEHOLDERS
Theme: The Hippocratic Oath for All – Ethics Beyond Medicine
Building ethical alignment across researchers, regulators, investors, technologists, and clinicians
Trust, transparency, and accountability in innovation pipelines
Regulatory vs. moral responsibility: Navigating gray zones in emerging therapies
Shared values across cultures: Toward a global Lifecare value charter
Institutional ethics boards, civic engagement, and public trust-building
Workshop Simulation: Participants design an interdisciplinary ethical oversight body for a fictional Lifecare ecosystem involving AI, genomics, and preventive public health policy.
MODULE 4: EQUITY, INCLUSION & HEALTHSPAN JUSTICE
Theme: Whose Healthspan Are We Expanding?
Lifecare as a human right: Access, affordability, and ethical distribution
Addressing social and structural determinants through ethical design
Intergenerational equity and the ethics of longevity medicine
Ethical dilemmas in healthspan optimization: personalization vs. population equity
Ethics of blue zones, healthy cities, and One Health frameworks
Community Challenge: Develop an ethical blueprint for implementing a healthspan-centered initiative in a marginalized or underserved population.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
Title: The Health Captains Ethical Leadership Charter
Each participant will design and present a tailored Ethical Leadership Charter for their organization, network, or country. The charter includes:
Ethical principles adapted from the Hippocratic tradition
A practical roadmap for ethical governance in real-world settings
Integration strategies for cybersecurity, data stewardship, and inclusion
Proposals for stakeholder alignment around shared values in Lifecare systems
The final projects will be peer-reviewed and presented during an Ethics Assembly, ideally hosted annually on Kos Island.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Participants will emerge with:
A renewed ethical foundation based on Hippocratic values adapted to modern science
Tools for ethical governance, oversight, and data integrity in Lifecare systems
Competence in leading inclusive, values-driven innovation with transparency and trust
The ability to co-create ethical policy, institutional practice, and leadership culture across sectors
Membership in a growing network of global Health Captains committed to ethical transformation
CERTIFICATION
Executive Certificate
Certified Ethical Health Leader – Lifecare Governance & Data Integrity
Awarded by THE HEALTH CAPTAINS COLLEGE – LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Includes lifelong access to:
The Health Captains Ethical Leadership Alumni Network and Membership of THE HEALTH CAPTAINS CLUB Islandchapter Kos
Invitations to the annual Health Captains Hippocratic Oath Forum on Kos Island
Opportunities to contribute to the Health Captains Hippocratic Oath Charter