Code of Ethics (5).pdf

CODE OF ETHICS  Objectives  Define Ethics  Understand its importance  Learn the history behind Medical Ethics  Learn about the Aims of Medical Ethics  Learn how to implement Medical Ethics Definition  Code of Ethics;  Definition: guide of principles designed to help p...

CODE OF ETHICS  Objectives  Define Ethics  Understand its importance  Learn the history behind Medical Ethics  Learn about the Aims of Medical Ethics  Learn how to implement Medical Ethics Definition  Code of Ethics;  Definition: guide of principles designed to help professionals conduct a profession honestly and with integrity. A code of ethics document may outline the mission and values of the business or organization, how professionals are supposed to approach problems...  Why are the code of Ethics important ?  Ethical codes are adopted by organizations to assist members in understanding the difference between 'right' and 'wrong' and in applying that understanding to their decisions. Examples  Principles of the (AMA)  A physician shall be dedicated to providing competent medical care, with compassion and respect for human dignity and rights  A physician shall support access to medical care for all people  A physician shall, while caring for a patient, regard responsibility to the patient as paramount  A physician shall respect the rights of patients, colleagues, and other health professionals, and shall safeguard patient confidences and privacy within the constraints of the law. History Of Medical Ethics  In1847 the American medical association revolutionized medicine in the united states  Members of the newly formed organization meeting in Philadelphia as the first national professional medical organization in the world, dedicated themselves to establishing uniform standards for education, training and conduct. Contd...  The unanimously adopted the world's first national code of professional ethics in medicine  For the more than 160 years since, the AMA's code of medical ethics has been the authoritative ethics guide for practising physicians. ETHICS DURING YOUR CAREER  Aims of medical ethics  To teach physicians to recognize the humanistic and ethical aspects of medical careers.  To enable physicians to examine and affirm their own personal and professional moral commitments.  To equip physicians with a foundation of philosophical, social and legal knowledge.  To enable physicians to employ this knowledge to clinical reasoning. Contd....  To equip physicians with the interactional skills needed to apply this insight, knowledge and reasoning to human clinical care.  Creating virtuous physicians ↔ decline in moral reasoning  Training in skills of ethical analysis Teaching Methods  Ethicist ↔ Physician  Integrated  Lectures ↔ Small group discussions  Cases or Film  Student centered  Progressive De Camp/Gillon recommendations for content of medical ethics course  Moral aspects of medical practice  Valid consent or refusal.  Patient is partially or fully incompetent  how to proceed if patient refuses treatment.  The ability to decide when it is morally justified to breach confidentiality  Knowledge of the moral aspects of caring for the patient whose prognosis is poor Conclusions  Medical ethics is a central and obligatory part of a medical curriculum.  Medical ethics cannot by itself give the correct sense of morality necessary for the medical profession.  Medical ethics can learn students to analyse ethical problems.  Medical ethics can confront the analysis of the clinical problem with human rights.  But: Best training is the visibility of the virtuous physician or “rerum omnium magister usus”(the habit is the master of all things) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS  Define Code of Ethics ?  What is the importance of Ethics ?  What are the aims of Medical Ethics ? Special thanks to the following who took part in the Seminar;  Yazan Fatahallah ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Shimaa Yousif  Aish bit Ibrahim,,,,,, Fawaz Jamaal Aldeen  Hiba badr Aldeen,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Ahmed Salah  Wafa Mustafa,,,,,,,,, Muwada Abdelmoniem  Hussam Aldeen,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Anas Ibrahim  Randa Salah ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Mohammed Ali  Rajaa Al Sideeg  Rasha Mahjoub THANK YOU