Ethics training of medical students: the gap between the formal curriculum and the hidden curriculum

Authors

  • Fernando Suárez Obando Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia.
  • Eduardo Díaz Amado Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

Abstract

To take right decisions in medicine from an ethical-moral point of view is a complex matter and to learn to do it must constitute one of the goals of medical training. A way to contribute to achieve this is to integrate a complete theoretical training in Medical Ethics and Bioethics with a true correlation in clinical practice experience. To take into account what students think and feel about the issue is a good reference to start. In the present paper the results on a workshop about the tipic, carried out whith medical students in advances training, are presented together with reflections raise in the workshop development.

Keywords:

ethical dilemmas, clinical practice, curriculum, medical education

Author Biographies

Fernando Suárez Obando, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia.

Médico genetista, profesor Instituto de Genética Humana, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia.

Eduardo Díaz Amado, Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

Médico y filósofo, profesor Instituto de Bioética, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia