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.
Dr Ellen L. Edens joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Gabriela Garcia Vassallo and Robert Heimer: "How Should the Use of Opioids Be Regulated to Motivate Better Clinical Practice?”
Dr Katherin M. Duthie joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Kathryn A. Dong: “How Should Risks and Benefits of Short-Acting Opioids Be Evaluated in the Care of Inpatients With OUD?”
Jeffrey T. Kullgren, MPH and Jerome Lowenstein, MD
A physician argues that the question is not whether we can teach professionalism but rather whether we will teach professionalism, given all of modern medicine's economic and other constraints.
Professional behavior and values are often learned outside the classroom, when physicians act as role models for students in patient-physician relationships.
The use of simulated patients in medical education helps students to develop communication skills needed to interact with patients when difficult circumstances arise.