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Evaluating an ethics summer school : an innovative approach in discussing and teaching ethics

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • بيانات النشر:
      Malta College of Family Doctors
    • الموضوع:
      2017
    • Collection:
      University of Malta: OAR@UM / L-Università ta' Malta
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Introduction Ethical issues commonly arise in end of life (EoL) care. An ethics summer school, part of an Erasmus+ project, was held locally. It brought together professionals to discuss problematic areas and contribute towards the development of a curriculum on ethical issues. Methodology An end-of-summer school questionnaire was distributed to all participants. The questions in the questionnaire were based on a literature review carried out prior to the summer school. Mixed methodology was used, applying content analysis to describe the qualitative aspect of the study. Results All 44 participants filled in their questionnaire. 86.4% felt that the summer school reached their expectations and 90% declared that their intended objectives were reached. The most common ethically challenging issue in practice was dealing with artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) – 22% of responses - whilst the most requested topic to be included in a future curriculum on ethical issues was communication, followed by patient autonomy. 64% of respondents stated that their personal beliefs influence their decision making in EoL care. Conclusion This was the first ever ethics summer school hosted locally. It is an innovative way of dealing with ethical issues in EoL care. Participants received the summer school very favourably. Areas that would be included in the eventual development of an ethics curriculum were identified. The results will also be used to inform future summer schools. ; peer-reviewed
    • Relation:
      Abela, J., Mallia, P., & Abela, M. (2017). Evaluating an ethics summer school : an innovative approach in discussing and teaching ethics. Journal of the Malta College of Family Doctors, 6(3), 25-30.; https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/25822
    • الدخول الالكتروني :
      https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/25822
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      info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder.
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsbas.DC63A01