scholarly journals Teaching medical ethics in Basra: perspective of students and graduates

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 687-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Yacoub ◽  
N. A. Ajeel
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
The University ◽  
Physician Liability ◽  
Self Learning

The University of Basra Medical College introduced a course on medical ethics for undergraduate students in 1994. We explored the opinions of 54 graduates and 52 final-year medical students about the benefits they perceive they gained from the course and its relevance to their training or practice. About 31% of students and 34% of graduates thought the course was practically and theoretically useful. Over 80% of graduates and students thought the course was either very relevant or relevant to some extent to the practice of medicine. When asked to recall the important ethical issues taught in the course, 52% of graduates and 44% of students listed patient-doctor relationship. Confidentiality, physician liability and ethical issues concerning recent medical innovations were listed by few respondents. Only 6% of both graduates and students were able to list the four principles of medical ethics as described by Raanan. The self-learning component of the course should be developed to strengthen ethical reasoning and judgment in decision-making

Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Smajdor ◽  
Jonathan Herring ◽  
Robert Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Medical Professional ◽  
Moral Decision Making ◽  
Critical Reasoning ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
The Law

The Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and law provides a practical and accessible guide to the legal and ethical issues which a medical professional might face. It explains the major ethical theories - consequentialism, deontology, virtue ethics and principlism -and presents a method for moral decision-making, based on the application of theory and critical reasoning. The books sets out the key legal principles governing medical practice including the obtaining of consent; the law of negligence; the principles of confidentiality; the law on organ donation; and the legal regulation of end of life. The book goes on to present a number of ‘real life’ situations in which the ethical and legal principles are applied in a concrete and clear way. The book also contains extracts from the key legislation governing the practice of medicine.

scholarly journals DO WE NEED ETHICS? – II MBBS STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS IN LEARNING MEDICAL ETHICS.

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anupriya A ◽  
Priya Banthavi S ◽  
Kamala E ◽  
Thirumalaikolundusubramanian P ◽  
Prabhusaran N
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Medical Graduate ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Back Ground ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Interactive Lecture

Back ground: An Indian Medical Graduate is expected to have knowledge & acquire competencies during his formal medical course, but an understanding of professional values and ethical conduct is essential for fostering the development of a good doctor.The two major aspects of teaching medical ethics include explicit teaching of cognitive base and stage appropriate opportunities for experiential learning and reflection throughout the curriculum. Material and Methods: It is a classroom based intervention study involving 150 second MBBS students. Self administered, semi-structured questionnaire was devised for this study. The questionnaire consisted of two parts- students perception towards learning medical ethics and their perception on statements of ethical issues which was graded on a 5 point Likert scale. An interactive lecture was done followed by which students were divided into 6 groups and case based discussions were done. Finally reflective narration was done.Statistical analysis was done by EPI Info Software. Results were expressed in mean, standard deviation and paired ‘t’ test was done. Results: The mean pre-test & post-test score of the students towards learning medical ethics in current curriculum were 2.86 and 3.98 respectively. The mean pre-test and post-test score of students regarding statements on ethical issues were 2.82 & 3.92 respectively. Conclusion: Medical ethics is one of the neglected topics in healthcare. To strengthen ethical reasoning and judgment in decision making, we need to expose students to various ethical scenarios based on which debates, seminars, interactive workshops can be conducted utilizing the work experience of multidisciplinary medical expertise. Keywords:  Medical ethics, Medical practice, Students

Awareness of Medical Ethics among Undergraduate Students of Medical College in South Kolkata

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 725
Author(s):  
Rekha Dutt ◽  
Ashish Kumar Yadav ◽  
Soumya Chakraborty ◽  
Arohita Siva ◽  
Maitry Mondal
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Medical College

Ethical Issues Relevant to the Assessment of Suicide Risk in Nonclinical Research Settings

Crisis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn M. Wilson ◽  
Bruce K. Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Schizotypal Personality ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Genetic Features ◽  
Conducting Research

Background: Our laboratory recently confronted this issue while conducting research with undergraduate students at the University of Waterloo (UW). Although our main objective was to examine cognitive and genetic features of individuals with schizotypal personality disorder (SPD), the study protocol also entailed the completion of various self-report measures to identify participants deemed at increased risk for suicide. Aims and Methods: This paper seeks to review and discuss the relevant ethical guidelines and legislation that bear upon a psychologist’s obligation to further assess and intervene when research participants reveal that they are at increased risk for suicide. Results and Conclusions: In the current paper we argue that psychologists are ethically impelled to assess and appropriately intervene in cases of suicide risk, even when such risk is revealed within a research context. We also discuss how any such obligation may potentially be modulated by the research participant’s expectations of the role of a psychologist, within such a context. Although the focus of the current paper is on the ethical obligations of psychologists, specifically those practicing within Canada, the relevance of this paper extends to all regulated health professionals conducting research in nonclinical settings.

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