Teaching Legal Ethics and Professionalism in a South Pacific Context

Less Is More : Teaching Legal Ethics in Context Bruce

We who teach legal ethics employ many of the teacher's arts to win our students' appreciation for the course.' We do not always succeed. As Deborah Rhode has observed, "[t]here are inherent problems and infinite ways to fail in teaching this subject."2 Yet, we continue to seek a method for teaching the course effectively. If nothing else, our efforts have led to the development of a substantial...

Teaching professionalism and professional ethics using the hidden curriculum

We are writing this letter to draw the attention of the faculty members of medical universities to the formation of professional ethics and professionalism in the clinical and theoretical education of nursing and operating room students using the hidden curriculum. Professional values are standards for clinical practice, which are based on the agreement of professional groups and experts. Thes...

Bringing Legal Realism to the Study of Ethics and Professionalism

An innovative approach to teaching ethics and professionalism.

boDieS AnD become ethicAl DentAl prActitionerS.” The recently released Macy Report 1 addresses many of the existing educational challenges in dentistry. Among them are important ethical considerations such as ensuring that teaching, research and services contribute to help reduce oral health disparities and that clinical training includes community-based, patient-centred care.2 Dentists cannot ...

Teaching and assessing professionalism in the Indian context.

Developing professional values and behaviour is an indispensable part of training of medicine. Societal values have changed and there are increasing reports of unprofessional behaviour by physicians. It is now agreed that professionalism must also be 'taught' besides being 'caught'. Most regulatory documents in India mention professionalism in a cursory manner, and do not specify details of how...