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eMJA: in Australian and New Zealand Medical Schools (ATEAM) et al., An ethics core curriculum for Australasian medical schools An ethics core curriculum for Australasian medical schools A Working Group, on behalf of the Association of Teachers of Ethics and Law in Australian and New Zealand Medical Schools (ATEAM) MJA 2001; 175: 205-210 Teaching ethics incorporates teaching of knowledge as well as skills and attitudes. Each of these requires different teaching and assessment methods. A core curriculum of ethics knowledge must address both the foundations of ethics and specific ethical topics. Ethical skills teaching focuses on the development of ethical awareness, moral reasoning, communication and collaborative action skills. Attitudes that are important for medical students to develop include honesty, integrity and trustworthiness, empathy and compassion, respect, and responsibility, as well as critical self-appraisal and commitment to lifelong education. In recent years, an international consensus has emerged that ethics and health law should be essential components of medical curricula.1-3 In line with this, teachers of medical ethics and law in UK medical schools have recently published a model for a core ethics curriculum.4 In Australia, concern for ethics teaching has developed, in part, as a result of the findings of the Doherty Report5 and through the Australian medical school accreditation process. Full Article: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/175_04_200801/ateam/ateam.html |
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