Review Article - Biomedical Research (2017) Volume 28, Issue 22

Teaching bioethics for undergraduate medical students

Teaching bioethics has vast importance for medical student education, which is commonly delivered to undergraduate students using traditional didactic lectures and sometimes small group tutorials. Applying the theoretical knowledge on the daily medical practice and ward-based learning is a challenging task. 12 steps were formulated to help teachers develop their student's skills and attitudes necessary to practice according to ethical perspective, students should demonstrate sensitivity to ethical issues, analyse ethical issues and make ethical decisions in medical practice.

Author(s): Shereen A. El Tarhouny, Tayseer M. Mansour, Ghada A. Wassif, Maha K. Desouky

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