The Ethics of Medical Education

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The ethics of medical education
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THE ETHICS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION
Introduction:
Medical students and doctors are trained for their clinical skills in order to treat the
patient for reducing the prevalence of chronic disease (Carrese et al. 2015). However,
accumulated study considered that there is a certain ethical dilemma that lowers the benefit of
treatment for the patient. This paper will illustrate various aspects of ethics in medical education
in the following paragraphs.
Discussion:
Participations of the medical students in patient care is an essential of medical education.
Although doctors are a critical part of the society, the ethical dilemma arises from the clinical
procedures resulted in the disadvantages for the patient as well as doctors. A study by Truog et
al. (2015), suggested that in the current system of medical education, medical students take part
in the patient-centric care which might subjected patients to psychological, physical, and other
risks sometimes without their informed consent. Therefore, an ethical dilemma arises in
providing patient-centric care. There are four principles of ethics and ideally, medical practice is
considered ethical if it respects all of these principles.
Western philosopher argued that human being has inherited personal dignity that needs
respect for own sake (Jones et al. 2017). A study by Champney et al. (2018), suggested that
current medical practices do not always accord adequate respect for the patient. Therefore, the
first principle of ethics is respecting individuals. When the patient is the object of the medical
education, respect should be given to personal opinion and meaningful consent should collect
from the patient in order to exercise ethical practices (Carrese et al. 2015). Patient must be fully
informed of the treatment procedures and participation of medical procedure. The fundamentals
principle of ethics in medical practices is beneficence (Jones et al. 2017). The fundamentals of