Clerkships
Under each clerkship are links to bioethics topics that are pertinent to that particular area of medicine. Members of the clinical department identified topics they believe are central to their practice and issues with which students should be especially familiar. These topics are not an exhaustive representation of the important ethical issues but should expose you to a sampling of the concerns that clinicians in different practices encounter.
Required Clerkships
Family Medicine
The Family Medicine Clerkship offers an important opportunity to see many of these ethical issues in the context of long-term relationships and primary care. The clerkship coordinators ask that you click on the "Bioethics Topics" button above to see the main topics list and remain aware of these issues as they will come up during your clerkship rotation. Your preceptors will help you identify cases with these issues embedded in them which you can work through using this website as a guide and resource.
Internal Medicine
Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives
Termination of Life Sustaining Treatment
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pediatrics
Cross-Cultural Issues and Diverse Beliefs
Psychiatry / Behavioral
Rehabilitation Medicine
Cross-Cultural Issues and Diverse Beliefs
Surgery
Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives
Do Not Resuscitate during Anesthesia and Urgent Procedures
Physician-Patient Relationship
Truth-telling and Withholding Information
Trauma / Emergency Medicine
Optional Clerkships
Anesthesiology
Do Not Resuscitate during Anesthesia and Urgent Procedures
Orthopedics
Physician-Patient Relationship
Otolaryngology
Physician-Patient Relationship
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives
Termination of Life Sustaining Treatment
Urology
Physician-Patient Relationship
Other
III Projects
As part of your III Project, you will need to consider research ethics.
General Curriculum
These general issues will arise throughout the medical school curriculum and across many different clinical experiences.