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. 2001 Jun;47:1208–1215.

La formation en éthique. Identification des besoins par des médecins enseignants en médecine familiale.

The development of ethics. Identifying what training in medical ethics is needed by family physicians

H Marcoux 1, C Lamontagne 1, S Cayer 1, A Desrochers 1, D Gauthier 1
PMCID: PMC2018524  PMID: 11421049

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify what training in medical ethics physician teachers need. DESIGN: Qualitative research study using a modified nominal group technique. SETTING: Family practice units affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine at Laval University in Quebec. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-three physician teachers in six family practice units. METHOD: During seven meetings, the teachers shared information on clinical situations that had posed ethical problems. Data were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin's method. MAIN OUTCOME FINDINGS: The 277 clinical situations were classified under nine themes: ethics; confidentiality; consent, refusal of treatment, and the right to information; level of care and abstention from and cessation of treatment; relationships with pharmaceutical companies and the ethics of research; ethics of teaching; allocation of resources; influence of third parties; and euthanasia and assisted suicide. Learning objectives were developed. CONCLUSION: This research forms the basis of the ethics curriculum in the family medicine residency program at Laval University. It also offers a strategy for integrating ethics into daily teaching activities because the learning objectives derive directly from the concerns of the teaching faculty.

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