Ethics education in surgical residency programs: a review of the literature.

Although ethics education in undergraduate medical school curricula has become essentially universal, and because ethics and professionalism have become integral parts of competency-based curricula for residents in nearly all specialties of medicine and surgery, it is not clear to what extent postgraduate surgical training routinely includes ethics education or skills training. Most general surgery residencies do not routinely integrate in-depth ethics skills training and assessment into their didactic curricula. In this article, we review the literature concerning ethics education in postgraduate surgical training programs.

Medical ethics education: where are we? Where should we be going? A review.

Purpose: The authors' primary goal was to provide a comprehensive and current review of the literature surrounding ethics education for medical students. Following this review, the authors summarize the deficits in the current literature and provide recommendations for future inquiries on medical ethics education.

Method: In 2004, the authors searched MEDLINE and PubMed using the following search terms: ethics, ethics education, medical ethics education, curriculum, undergraduate medical education, virtue, role model, philosophy of medicine, and outcomes research.

Use of the internet to obtain cancer information among cancer patients at an urban county hospital.

Purpose: To evaluate rates, predictors, and barriers to use of the Internet to obtain cancer information among a cohort of cancer patients at an urban county hospital.

Patients And Methods: Of 208 cancer patients approached, 200 patients completed a structured interview study examining Internet use, perceptions of the accuracy of Internet information, and barriers to use.

Results: Only 10% of participants reported using the Internet themselves to obtain cancer information.