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. 2012 Jun 29;17:10.3402/meo.v17i0.16741. doi: 10.3402/meo.v17i0.16741

Table 3.

Individual and population-centered community-oriented training activities

Field Objectives: students are familiar with: Instructional methods Student evaluation methods Program evaluation methods
Medical ethics and law
  • the basic principles of ethics (e.g., autonomy, beneficence, justice)

  • the concept of ethical pluralism: implication for medical practice

  • the ethic challenges related to research on humans

  • the specific legal roles of medical doctors (e.g., legal obligations of a medical doctor cited as an expert by a court)

  • key issues in forensic medicine (e.g., death certificate, paternity DNA exam, etc.)

  • small group tutorials based on the analysis of clinical complex situations with an ethical component (sometimes with role play)

  • medium size group lectures and discussions related forensic medicine topics

  • multiple choice questions

  • short open answer questions

  • short essays based on clinical situations

  • a six-item students’ satisfaction questionnaire with a Likert scale (15)

  • performance at local and national examinations

  • class attendance

Medical history
  • relativism (e.g., paradigmatic change as a component of medical practice)

  • critical appraisal of medical practice (e.g., corporate attitudes of defence)

  • multiplicity of medical practice (e.g., subjective perception of disease, therapeutic approach, etc.)

  • complexity of medical practice (e.g., socio-cultural context)

  • medium size group lectures

  • short open answer questions

  • a six-item students’ satisfaction questionnaire with a Likert scale (15)