Teaching Human Rights in Surgical Curriculum

Area of Science:

• Health and human rights
• Medical ethics
• Surgical education

Background:

• The field of health and human rights is an emerging academic discipline.
• Universal human rights education is a key international objective.
• Existing surgical training includes ethics, professionalism, and mentoring.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose the integration of human rights education into surgical training.
• To enhance the understanding of human rights among surgeons.
• To establish a structured curriculum for human rights within medical education.

Main Methods:

• Suggesting a pilot course on human rights for global and humanitarian surgeons.
• Proposing inclusion within existing medical ethics and professionalism training.
• Recommending a phased approach for curriculum development.

Main Results:

• A structured curriculum for human rights education in surgery is proposed.
• A pilot program is suggested as a preliminary step.
• The study outlines a pathway for wider adoption.

Conclusions:

• Human rights education can be effectively incorporated into surgical training.
• A pilot course can assess the feasibility and impact of this integration.
• This initiative aims to strengthen the commitment to human rights in global surgery.