Carr Mark F, Bergman Brett A
Mark F. Carr, PhD, is the chair of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department, Kettering College, and was director of the bioethics program at Loma Linda University; Brett A. Bergman, MPA, is a recent graduate of Loma Linda University's Physician Assistant Program, Loma Linda, California, and completed a postbaccalaureate certificate in bioethics.
J Physician Assist Educ. 2014;25(3):15-20. doi: 10.1097/01367895-201425030-00004.
: Numerous medical schools currently offer a master of arts (MA) in bioethics dual degree for physicians. A degree in bioethics enhances the care physicians provide to patients and prepares physicians to serve on ethics committees and consult services. Additionally, they may work on institutional and public policy issues related to ethics. Several physician assistant (PA) programs currently offer a master of public health (MPH) dual degree for PAs. A degree in public health prepares PAs for leadership roles in meeting community health needs. With the success of PA/MPH dual degree programs, we argue here that a PA/bioethics dual degree would be another opportunity to advance the PA profession and consider how such a program might be implemented. The article includes the individual perspectives of the authors, one of whom completed a graduate-level certificate in bioethics concurrently with his 2-year PA program, while the other served as a bioethics program director.
目前，许多医学院校为医生提供生物伦理学文学硕士（MA）双学位。生物伦理学学位可提升医生为患者提供的护理水平，并使医生有资格在伦理委员会任职和参与咨询服务。此外，他们还可致力于与伦理相关的机构和公共政策问题。目前，一些医师助理（PA）项目为医师助理提供公共卫生硕士（MPH）双学位。公共卫生学位使医师助理有能力在满足社区卫生需求方面担任领导角色。鉴于PA/MPH双学位项目的成功，我们在此认为，PA/生物伦理学双学位将是推动PA职业发展的又一次机遇，并探讨了如何实施这样一个项目。本文包含了作者的个人观点，其中一位作者在完成为期两年的PA项目的同时，还获得了生物伦理学研究生水平证书，另一位则担任生物伦理学项目主任。
