Social and Ethical Issues in Medicine
Total Contact Hours:
69.25 hours
Course Director:
Ashley Fernandes, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Community Health
Course Description:
This course examines the social, ethical, and legal issues that accompany physicians' interactions with patients and contribute to their effectiveness as healers and professionals. The social factors include characteristics the physician brings to the relationship from his or her own personal and educational background, as well as characteristics patients bring to the encounter. Various ethical issues are explored, including bedside dilemmas, conflicts experienced by medical students, contextual questions pertaining to public and international health, and the structure and financing of health care delivery systems. Relevant legislation and case law is presented corresponding to particular issues.
The topics chosen are intended to address current trends in health care, which include an increasingly diverse patient population, changing professional expectations of physicians, and new legal and financial constraints of which physicians must be aware.
Course Learning Goals, Assessment, Practice, Teaching and Learning Activities, and their Integration with the Institutional Educational Objectives:
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What does our institution want our graduates to do? |
If your students mastered the content of your course, what would they be able to do? |
What will students need to do for them and others (peers, professors) to know whether they have achieved this specific learning goal? |
How will students get the information they need to learn? |
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Foundational Knowledge |
Debate (student) Exam Four-Box analysis - individual Quizzes - USMLE Reflection TBL |
ARS cases Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) Quizzes – Ethical Theory |
Debate (faculty) Panels Presentations Readings Small groups |
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Foundational Knowledge |
Debate (student) Exam Four-Box analysis - individual Quizzes - USMLE Reflection TBL |
ARS cases Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) Quizzes – Ethical Theory |
Debate (faculty) Panels Presentations Readings Small groups |
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Foundational Knowledge |
Four-Box analysis - individual Quiz - USMLE |
ARS cases Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) |
Presentation Readings Small groups |
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Foundational Knowledge |
Debate (student) Quizzes - USMLE |
ARS cases |
Debate (faculty) DVD module Panels Presentations Readings Small groups |
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Application |
Debate (student) Reflection TBL |
Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) |
Debate (faculty) DVD module Panels Presentations Readings Small groups |
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Application |
Debate (student) Exam Four-Box analysis - individual Reflection TBL |
Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) |
Debate (faculty) Panels Presentations Readings Small groups |
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Application |
Debate (student) Exam Four-Box analysis - individual Quizzes - USMLE Reflection TBL |
ARS cases Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) Quizzes – Ethical Theory |
Debate (faculty) Panels Presentations Readings Small groups |
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Integration |
Debate (student) Exam Four-Box analysis - individual Quizzes - USMLE Reflection TBL |
ARS cases Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) Quizzes - Ethical Theory |
Debate (faculty) DVD module Panels Presentations Readings Small groups |
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Human Dimension |
Reflection Final |
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Panels Presentations Readings (esp. humanities) Small groups |
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Human Dimension |
Quizzes - USMLE Reflection TBL Final |
ARS cases Quizzes - Ethical Theory |
Debate (faculty) DVD module Panels Presentations Readings Small groups |
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Human Dimension |
Debate (student) Exam Four-Box analysis - individual Quizzes - USMLE Reflection TBL |
ARS cases Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) Quizzes - Ethical Theory |
Debate (faculty) DVD module Panels Presentations Readings Small groups |
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Human Dimension |
Debate (student) Quizzes - USMLE Reflection TBL |
Exam Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) Quizzes - Ethical Theory |
Debate (faculty) DVD module Panels Presentations Readings Small groups |
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Caring |
Debate (student) Exam Four-Box analysis - individual Reflection TBL |
ARS cases Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) |
Debate (faculty) DVD module
Panels Presentations Readings (esp. humanities) Small groups |
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Learning How to Learn |
Debate (student) Four-Box analysis - individual |
ARS cases Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) TBL |
Debate (faculty) Readings Small groups |
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Learning How to Learn |
Debate (student) Four-Box analysis - individual Reflection TBL Final |
Four-Box analysis - group (periodically) |
Debate (faculty) DVD module Exam Panels Presentations Readings Small groups |
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