Green Victoria L, Sara Danielle
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Sep;187(3 Suppl):S44-8. doi: 10.1067/mob.2002.127359.
To introduce contextual legal issues, and the role of law in resolving ethical dilemmas, in a women's health ethics curriculum for third-year medical students.
Seventeen third-year medical students at Emory University School of Medicine, rotating on an 8-week obstetrics and gynecology clerkship, and 8 third-year law students from the Georgia State University College of Law attended four 1-hour ethics sessions conducted by an obstetrician and gynecologist, a law professor and an ethics fellow. Each student group completed a short survey to evaluate the effectiveness of the sessions.
The overwhelming majority, 20 of 25 (80%) of the combined student group ranked the sessions a level 6 or 7 (the highest level) and suggested continuation of the interdisciplinary group format. The majority of the combined student group, 14 of 25 (56%), also viewed the multidisciplinary nature of the group as the most helpful aspect of the sessions. For the medical students, additional helpful aspects included having the legal perspective from persons who actually study the law. For the law students, other helpful aspects included the informal roundtable discussion format and the structured 4-quadrant model.
Incorporation of medical and law students into a discussion group for resolving ethical dilemmas is a satisfying method for discussion of legal issues in the women's health ethics curriculum. It enriches the understanding of students from both disciplines.
在面向三年级医学生的女性健康伦理学课程中，介绍相关法律问题以及法律在解决伦理困境中的作用。
埃默里大学医学院的17名三年级医学生，正在进行为期8周的妇产科实习轮转，以及佐治亚州立大学法学院的8名三年级法律专业学生，参加了由一名妇产科医生、一名法学教授和一名伦理学研究员主持的4次为时1小时的伦理学课程。每个学生小组都完成了一项简短调查，以评估课程的效果。
在25名学生组成的联合小组中，绝大多数（20名，占80%）将这些课程评为6级或7级（最高级别），并建议继续采用跨学科小组形式。联合小组中的大多数学生（25名中的14名，占56%）也认为小组的多学科性质是课程中最有帮助的方面。对于医学生来说，其他有帮助的方面包括从实际学习法律的人那里获得法律视角。对于法律专业学生来说，其他有帮助的方面包括非正式的圆桌讨论形式和结构化的四象限模型。
将医学生和法律专业学生纳入一个讨论小组来解决伦理困境，是在女性健康伦理学课程中讨论法律问题的一种令人满意的方法。它丰富了两个学科学生的理解。
