Learning by doing: Effectively incorporating ethics education into residency training

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 578-582

  Vertrees, Stephanie M ^a   Shuman, Andrew G ^a   Fins, Joseph J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

experiential learning; medical ethics; resident education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW YORK; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84876665219     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2277-0     Document Type: Article

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