The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College has integrated health care delivery science, which includes quality improvement and leadership training, into its medical school curriculum.

Why must we prove that the arts and humanities make better doctors? Similar demands are not made on the traditional components of medical education.

The case of Johnson v Kokemoor illuminates the conflict between patients’ right to informed consent and clinicians’ need to learn through practice, a conflict that possibly could be resolved through greater transparency about clinicians’ experience or experience-dependent medical fees.

Medical specialty boards improve the quality and safety of health care, but they can overreach, and their board members express disapproval of board action by petition and through legal action.

While sex selection of children for nonmedical reasons is not prohibited in the United States, the authors believe that sperm sorting should not be used until more safety data are available.

The American Society of Transplant Surgeons offers web-based educational modules and public discussions to promote exploration of ethical issues in the field.

The medical student's anatomy-lab cadaver is not exactly a patient, but neither is the cadaver merely an object.

The rapidly evolving field of neuroethics is concerned with the ethical questions that new technologies will pose about autonomy, privacy, the definition of normal, and individuality.

The Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine seeks candidates with an increased probability of practicing in rural Wisconsin, delivers the curriculum in collaboration with rural partners, and encourages students' interest in rural practice and living.

Following involvement in an error, professionals at all levels experience complex feelings that include guilt, self-doubt, embarrassment, disappointment, self-blame, a sense of inadequacy, and fear.