Beyond silos: An interprofessional, campus-wide ethics education program

• Published in: Nursing ethics Vol. 26; no. 7-8; pp. 2314 - 2324
• Main Authors: Polczynski, Angela M, Rozmus, Cathy L, Carlin, Nathan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2019; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Approved projects; Clinical decision making; College students; Competence; Curriculum - trends; Decision making; Education; Education - methods; Education - standards; Education - statistics & numerical data; Educational programs; Ethical dilemmas; Ethics; Female; Health care; Humans; Interdisciplinary aspects; Interprofessional Relations; Intervention; Male; Medical ethics; Medical personnel; Middle Aged; Older people; Polls & surveys; Professional ethics; Professional training; Quasi-experimental methods; Research subjects; Southwestern United States; Student participation; Students; Surveys and Questionnaires; Universities - organization & administration; Universities - statistics & numerical data; Southwestern United States; interprofessional education; ethics education; health professional ethics; ethics; Ethical decision-making

Background: Ethics education is essential to the education of all healthcare professionals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an interprofessional approach to ethics education to all students across an academic health science center. Research objectives: The objectives were to (1) compare st...