RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The importance of listening to medical students' experiences when teaching them medical ethics.
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 35
OP 38
DO 10.1136/jme.15.1.35
VO 15
IS 1
A1 L W Osborne
A1 C M Martin
YR 1989
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/15/1/35.abstract
AB This paper describes the change of emphasis that occurred in the teaching of ethics to small groups of clinical students. Although the original focus of the course was on the analysis of ethical dilemmas associated with individual patients known to the students, it soon became evident that there were, for the students themselves, more fundamental ethical dilemmas in their new role as clinical students. These included worries about how to respond when patients asked questions which their consultants had previously deceived them about, worries about inflicting pain on patients, as with intravenous cannulation, and the role of the medical student in the clinical team. We emphasise the need to explore student experiences as part of the process of ethics teaching.