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Medical ethics on film: towards a reconstruction of the teaching of healthcare professionals.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17971475     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The clinical vignette remains the standard means by which medical ethics are taught to students in the healthcare professions. Although written or verbal vignettes are useful as a pedagogic tool for teaching ethics and introducing students to real cases, they are limited, since students must imagine the clinical scenario. Medical ethics are almost universally taught during the early years of training, when students are unfamiliar with the clinical reality in which ethics issues arise. Film vignettes fill in that imaginative leap. By providing vivid details with images, film vignettes offer rich and textured details of cases, including the patient's perspective and the clinical reality. Film vignettes provide a detailed ethnography that allows for a more complete discussion of the ethical issues. Film can serve as an additional tool for teaching medical ethics to members of the healthcare professions.
Authors:
Angelo Volandes
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of medical ethics     Volume:  33     ISSN:  0306-6800     ISO Abbreviation:  J Med Ethics     Publication Date:  2007 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-10-31     Completed Date:  2008-04-18     Revised Date:  2010-11-02    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7513619     Medline TA:  J Med Ethics     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  678-80     Citation Subset:  E; IM    
Affiliation:
Massachusetts General Hospital, General Medicine Unit, 50 Staniford Street, 9th floor, Boston, MA 02114, USA. avolandes@partners.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Education, Medical, Undergraduate / methods*
Ethics, Medical / education*
Humans
Teaching / methods*
Videotape Recording / standards*

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