Teaching clinical ethics at the bedside: William Osler and the essential role of the hospitalist

Matthew William McCarthy, Joseph J. Fins

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Abstract

As the field of hospital medicine celebrates its twenty-first anniversary, we believe it is time to expand its mission to play an even greater role in medical education. Given hospitalists' proximity to students and clinical material, members of this growing cohort of physicians are uniquely positioned to teach normative reasoning, professionalism, communication, and medical ethics in real time to trainees on the wards. But, to do so, we must reimagine the role of the hospitalist in graduate and postgraduate medical education.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)528-532
Number of pages5
JournalAMA Journal of Ethics
Volume19
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Issues, ethics and legal aspects
  • Health(social science)
  • Health Policy

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