Introduction Ensuring medical students are equipped with essential knowledge and portable
skills to face complex ethical issues underlines the need for ethics education in medical …

AIM: We set out to explore the question, what ethical challenges do medical students identify
when asked to perform or observe a sensitive examination, given a historical background …

It is now widely accepted that ethics is an essential part of educating health professionals.
Despite a clear mandate to educators, there are differing approaches, in particular, how and …

The clinical years of medical student education are an ideal time for students to practise and
refine ethical thinking and behaviour. We piloted a new clinical ethics teaching activity this …

This paper discusses the character of medical ethics and suggests that there are significant
gaps that warrant greater attention. It describes ways in which the content and form of …

Background Medical professionalism as a set of behaviours that transcends personal
values, beliefs and attitudes to incorporate ethical and moral principles is considered a …

Medical and nursing student numbers are expected to increase significantly in NZ over the
next few years. The ethical, and professional and clinical skills' training of trainee health …

Enabling patients to consent to or decline involvement of medical students in their care is an
essential aspect of ethically sound, patient-centred, mana-enhancing healthcare. It is …

This article describes the well-developed and long-standing medical ethics teaching
programs in both of New Zealand's medical schools at the University of Otago and the …

As you are aware, the role of the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) is to promote
and protect the rights of people using health and disability services as set out in the Code of …