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Simulation: teaching medical ethics to first year medical students within the United Arab Emirates.

Henderson, Helen; Ballard, Ian; Alsuwaidi, Laila; Thomas, Rekha; Ezimokhai, Mutairu

Authors

Helen Henderson

Ian Ballard

Laila Alsuwaidi

Rekha Thomas

Mutairu Ezimokhai



Abstract

In today's healthcare world it is important to equip medical students with the knowledge, challenges and solutions to handle ethical dilemmas. Whilst there is no recommended format for how medical ethics should be taught it is recognized that students prefer a learner-centred approach. In a new medical college within the United Arab Emirates a simulation based medical education approach was adopted for first year, semester one medical students to support the taught theoretical underpinnings. Simulation scenarios which focused on the main ethical principles as well as the Islamic principles particularly in relation to the beginning and end of life were developed. Students were exposed to a variety of scenarios and were required to interact with standardized patients. Feedback from the students showed that 100% of them were in agreement that the simulation scenarios helped to support the theory taught in class. Simulation based medical education has the opportunity to enhance the undergraduate medical curriculum as well as to raise awareness of ethical dilemmas that students will face when qualified.

Citation

HENDERSON, H., BALLARD, I., ALSUWAIDI, L., THOMAS, R. and EZIMOKHAI, M. 2018. Simulation: teaching medical ethics to first year medical students within the United Arab Emirates. MedEdPublish [online], 7, article number 16. [version 1]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2018.0000016.1

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 18, 2018
Online Publication Date Jan 18, 2018
Publication Date Dec 31, 2018
Deposit Date Apr 2, 2024
Publicly Available Date Jun 3, 2024
Journal MedEdPublish
Electronic ISSN 2312-7996
Publisher Taylor and Francis
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Article Number 16
DOI https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2018.0000016.1
Keywords Simulation-based medical education; Medical ethics; Scenarios
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2293601

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© 2018 Henderson H et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.




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