Scholars from Leading U.S. Medical Schools Issue Updated Recommendations on Medical Ethics

April 28, 2015

(News-Medical) – The American health care landscape has changed significantly in the three decades since the landmark “DeCamp Report” first argued that ethics training should be required for all medical students, yet the fundamental importance of professionalism and ethical practice has only solidified. To accommodate 21st century ethical concerns and begin resolving discordant approaches to medical ethics training, scholars from leading medical schools across the United States have issued updated education recommendations in the journal Academic Medicine.