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Abstract


The moment a patient comes into the treatment room, the medical professional is placed in both an ethical and a legal context. This AMEE Guide is a resource for medical teachers as they approach the task of preparing future doctors for this clinical reality, and traces the educational arc from planning and delivering to assessing the ethico-legal learning of our students.


Its starting point is the position of a newly-appointed theme co-ordinator who is contemplating how to take the course forward. Essential to this endeavour is that we begin with a vision of the primary purpose of ethics and law in the context of the medical school, and to clarify our curriculum goals accordingly with a view to specifying suitable course outcomes.


Rather than presenting students with a miscellany of ethico-legal topics and educational experiences, this AMEE Guide offers advice on constructing a frame for student learning around key emphases, and on mediating the course through a coherent scheme that is meaningful in the wider curriculum of your medical school. Lastly, it recommends approaches to assessment that promote learning, are fair to learners, and match the competencies being tested.


The moment a patient comes into the treatment room, the medical professional is placed in both an ethical and a legal context.


TAKE HOME MESSAGES


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Develop a vision for the aim of ethico-legal education in your school. Clarify the domain of ethics relevant to your course. Keep ethics and law together.


Construct a suitable frame for learning in ethics and law around the key emphases in your course.


Mediate your course within the wider curriculum through a coherent scheme that is meaningful in the medical school context.


• Ensure that assessment is both fair and fit for purpose.


Guide 53: Ethics and Law in the Medical Curriculum


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