Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Employ and critically evaluate ethical theories and principles when exploring learning scenarios and reasoning about ethical challenges in the clinical setting.
• Summarize the ethical, legal obligations and duty of care that physicians have for patients, colleagues and, communities, and the tensions that may arise from these responsibilities.
• Identify ethical issues and dilemmas in their own clinical experiences related to patient care, institutional practices and health policies.

Assessments

• mid-MF 1

• End of MF 1

• End of MF 1

Tags

Ethics Demonstrate a commitment to their patients, profession, and society through ethical practice; Health Advocate Professional Scholar Part 1 Professional Competencies 1 Week 2 Part 1 Week 2 Consent Moral Reasoning and Ethical Judgement 1.6 Perform or assist with medical, diagnostic, and surgical procedures considered essential for the area of practice. 1.7 Counsel and educate patients and their families to empower them to participate in their care and enable shared decision-making 3.8 Obtain and use information about individual patients and their caregivers, populations of patients, or communities with which patients identify to improve care 4.1 Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public, as appropriate, across a broad range of socioeconomic and sociocultural backgrounds 4.2 Participate in the education of patients, families, students, trainees, peers and other health professionals 4.3 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics 4.4 Demonstrate insight and understanding about emotions and human responses to emotions that allow one to develop and manage interpersonal interactions, including the ability to manage one’s own interpersonal responses 4.5 Maintain comprehensive, timely, and legible medical records 5.1 Demonstrate accountability to patients, society, and the profession 5.4 Demonstrate respect for patient confidentiality, privacy and autonomy 5.5 Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to a diverse patient population, including all dimensions of diversity such as those that are included in human rights legislation and federal and provincial law. 5.7 Demonstrate the application of ethical principles to commonly encountered ethical issues such as the provision or withholding of care, confidentiality, informed consent, and including compliance with relevant laws, policies, and regulations 6.9 Perform administrative and practice management responsibilities commensurate with one’s role, abilities, and qualifications Patient Rights [N03.706.437.650] Ethics, Medical [K01.752.566.479.171.132.750] Informed Consent [N03.706.535.489] Yes