Post-Graduate Medical Education

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the College of Family Physicians of Canada have identified core learning objectives and ethics curricula for residents. These can be found at the following websites:

• The Royal College Bioethics Curricula
• The College of Family Physicians of Canada

The Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie University works with postgraduate training programs and program directors to ensure that they are meeting accreditation requirements in ethics education program design and delivery.

Examples of on-going collaborations include:

• Program-wide ethics rounds in Palliative Care;
• Resident-led case presentations in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Ophthalmology, with joint guidance from Bioethics and clinical faculty;
• Bioethics faculty-led sessions for Internal Medicine fellows, Pediatrics residents, and Psychiatry residents;
• Ethics participation in CanMEDs-based series for PGY 1;
• One-off invitational teaching sessions, rounds, or journal club presentations in many departments;
• Faculty development sessions to increase clinical faculty competence in ethics education for clerks and residents;
• Consultation services for clinical faculty,who are themselves teaching ethics to residents or developing ethics within their programs.

Please contact Dr. Lynette Reid, coordinator for ethics education in the medical school, to determine which collaborative format is best for your program.