Almost all allopathic medical schools in the United States allow students to participate in global health.

Short-term experiences in global health are common ways trainees engage in global health activities. Professional societies take active roles in addressing these ethical challenges.

Using social media tools in health-related research involves challenges to confidentiality, privacy, and consent.

The author believes the AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs should collaborate with academic physicians to create clear professional standards for the field of medicine.

Wendy Orr recalls witnessing and speaking out against the abuses of detainees by the South African government during apartheid.

Physicians who torture historically have not been held accountable by the law or medical profession, but national medical associations can promote accountability.

The concept of professionalism in medicine has been expanded over the years to cover a broad set of ideas about everyday behavior and habits of physicians.

The medical student believes that the art of doctoring is learned continuously over time and cannot be assessed in a proposed medical school examination.

State medical boards protect the public by serving the function of professional self-regulation for the medical industry.