Teaching Ethics for Medical Students
SUKHIT PHAOSAVASDI,M.D.*, SURASAK T ANEEPANICHSKUL, M.D.*, CHUMSAK PRUKSAPONG, M.D.*** HENRY WILDE, M.D.**, YUEN TANNIRANDORN, M.D.*,
Affiliation : * Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. Bangkok I 0330. **Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok I 0330, ***Department of Surgery, Police Hospital, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Our concept of ethics is based on a univer-
sal as well as culturally diverse base. It is a subject
that is difficult to teach. If it is taught by way of
dogmatic lectures our students will fall asleep. We
have discussed this subject with Thai and .·isiting
foreign medical students and would like to submit
the following recommendations which are based on
these discussions and on our own experiences:
1) Medical ethics are best taught by using
selected problem case studies and discussing these
in small groups. We need to prepare a library of
such cases and bring them up to date.
2) Students should be encouraged to
express their assessment and solutions to these
problems freely.
3) Comments should consider cultural,
philosophical, moral and legal aspects of the case
studies.
Keywords : Ethics, Teaching
