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Residents’ Moral Distress Is Ethical Concern
Residents experience moral distress just as other clinicians do, raising some unique ethical concerns.
Podcasts Can ‘Level the Playing Field’ with Ethics Education
Medical students and trainees may receive inadequate ethics education as the result of curricular constraints or because of limited available expertise at their institutions. Ethics podcasts are a potential solution to these challenges.
Ethical Considerations if Doctors Persuade Patients
If a doctor thinks that an intervention is in the patient’s best interest, is it ethically acceptable to try to persuade the patient?
Palliative Care Referrals Still Occur Late or Not at All
Palliative care consultations are known to affect end-of-life outcomes positively, including fewer in-hospital deaths. But despite evidence of these benefits, palliative care consults still are happening too late or not at all, found a recent study.
Clinicians Have Many Ethical Concerns with Large Language Model Use in Healthcare
Inaccurate or biased responses, concerns about patient data privacy, and risk of harm from medical misinformation are some well-known ethical concerns about large language models in healthcare.
Surgeons Face Ethical Challenges when Teaching Informed Consent to Residents
Residents often are tasked with obtaining informed consent from patients, and must become proficient in this important skill. According to the American Association of Medical Colleges, obtaining informed consent is a core entrustable professional activity for residents.
Clinicians Face Ethical Dilemmas with Brain Death Testing
If a brain death assessment becomes necessary, clinicians can be taken aback if the family strongly objects. A one-hour simulation training improves medical trainees’ confidence in managing these ethically challenging cases, a recent study found.
Ethics Committee Members Want More Ethics Education
Many ethics committee members want to increase their ethics expertise. However, tailoring work schedules around course demands is an obstacle for many. After practicing in clinical settings for years, some ethics committee members are somewhat intimidated at the prospect of reentering a classroom in a formal academic setting.
Ethical Concerns if Clinicians Have Knowledge Gaps in Spiritual Care
Paige Stevens, MD, became interested in developing curricula to teach pediatricians — particularly pediatric critical care physicians — to incorporate the spiritual needs of patients into care plans. Stevens and colleagues conducted a targeted needs assessment to understand the current landscape of spiritual care training for pediatric critical care trainees.
Chaplains Are Asked to Do Ethics Work, but Additional Training Is Needed
Many are skeptical about chaplains’ ability to do ethics work. M. Jeanne Wirpsa, MA, BCC, HEC-C, program director and clinical ethicist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Medical Ethics Program, and colleagues conducted a study to learn more about the experience of chaplains working in the clinical ethics field.