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ERIC Number: EJ496442
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-2446
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The Hidden Curriculum, Ethics Teaching, and the Structure of Medical Education.
Hafferty, Frederic W.; Franks, Ronald
Academic Medicine, v69 n11 p861-71 Nov 1994
Issues concerning inclusion of ethics instruction in the medical school curriculum are discussed, including whether ethics should be presented as a body of knowledge or matter of professional identity and the "hidden curriculum" of medicine as a form of socialization. Recommendations for the structuring of an ethics curriculum are offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Content, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Higher Education, Medical Education, Moral Values, Professional Education, Self Concept, Socialization, Values Education
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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