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Teaching ethics in the context of general practice

R B Hays1, E Molodysky

  • 1Department of General Practice, University of Sydney, Croydon, NSW.

The Medical Journal of Australia
|July 5, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Medical ethics education in general practice helps fifth-year students navigate complex decisions and ethical dilemmas. While largely positive, students seek clearer guidance on common issues.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Bioethics
  • General Practice Training

Background:

  • The Department of General Practice at the University of Sydney provides medical ethics teaching.
  • This teaching is integrated into the fifth year of the undergraduate medical course.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To enhance awareness of complex decision-making in medical ethics.
  • To encourage students to develop personal moral viewpoints on controversial issues.
  • To offer a framework for managing common ethical dilemmas encountered in general practice.

Main Methods:

  • The curriculum addresses ethical problems arising from students' prior two-week general practice attachment.
  • Student feedback is collected to evaluate the effectiveness of the ethics sessions.

Main Results:

  • Student feedback on the medical ethics sessions is predominantly positive.
  • Some students expressed a desire for more straightforward solutions to prevalent ethical problems.

Conclusions:

  • The general practice ethics teaching effectively raises awareness and provides a decision-making framework.
  • Further refinement may be needed to address student requests for simpler problem-solving strategies.

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