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  • Healthcare delivery within correctional facilities presents unique ethical challenges.
  • Understanding these challenges is crucial for training future healthcare professionals.

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  • To evaluate the educational impact of a clinical ethics rotation in an urban jail setting.
  • To explore student perceptions of ethical issues encountered in correctional healthcare.

Main Methods:

  • Medical and bioethics students participated in a two-day observational rotation in an urban jail.
  • Students submitted reflective essays detailing their experiences and observations.

Main Results:

  • Students identified significant ethical concerns: patient privacy, physical restrictions, quality of care, substance addiction, and mistrust.
  • Conflicting expectations between incarcerated individuals as patients and inmates were noted.
  • The rotation enhanced students' understanding of pervasive healthcare ethics.

Conclusions:

  • Observational rotations in correctional settings are highly valuable for clinical ethics education.
  • This experience deepens understanding of ethical dilemmas specific to incarcerated populations and general healthcare.