Teaching material
The core content is intended to include topics that are essential/necessary to prepare students for practice as a Foundation Doctor, rather than items that it would be desirable for students to know/be able to do.
About the Core Content of Learning
The core content is intended to include topics that are essential/necessary to prepare students for practice as a Foundation Doctor, rather than items that it would be desirable for students to know/be able to do.
AIMS
To equip students to identify ethical and legal issues in medical practice, have a critically reflective approach to ethical and legal issues in medical practice, and be able to give a reasoned justification of the actions they would take in line with the knowledge, attitudes and skills in the rest of this document.
Below is a document containing some resources for teaching medical ethics. This document is currently a work in progress and will further be developed in due course however it is in a useable condition.
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MEL Assessment Guidance Workshop – VIDEO RECORDING
This is a recording of the workshop that took place on 3rd March 2022
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Context of medical practice
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Foundation of medical ethics and law
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Professionalism
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Decision making and capacity
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Confidentiality
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Justice and public health
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Children and young people
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Mental health
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Beginning of life
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Towards the end of life
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Genetics
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Medical research
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