Two physicians offer commentary on the ethical issues that arise from medical students performing an invasive procedure on the newly dead as part of their medical training.
Derrel Zeno, Coreen Domingo, Anh Tran, Frank Martin, Kimberly O'Malley, Paul Haidet, Richard Street, and Carol Ashton
Community education about how patients can best communicate with their physicians has been successful in various communities, particularly when working with an ethnically diverse patient population.
Medical students should not fear retribution for speaking up when a senior staff member is behaving in a manner that threatens a professional workplace environment.
Clinical case conferences are an important component to the medical school curriculum due to the critical thinking skills that are encouraged to develop.
Medical students should not fear retribution for speaking up when a senior staff member is behaving in a manner that threatens a professional workplace environment.
The primary goals of the current medical licensing exams are to insure clinical competence, but questions have been raised as to the efficiency of these exams.
Clinical case conferences are an important component to the medical school curriculum due to the critical thinking skills that are encouraged to develop.