title: A four-year curriculum in professional ethics and law for dental students.
abstract: The four-year sequence of ethics courses at the School of Dentistry, University of Detroit Mercy is described in this article. A course blending lectures and small group discussion is taught each year, focusing on the issues facing students relevant to the students' stage of professional development. The sequence concludes with an Ethics Round in which students present a personal patient-based ethics case.
authors.affiliation: University of Detroit, Mercy School of Dentistry, USA. zakowpl@udmercy.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zarkowski
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D000571:American Dental Association; D003479:Curriculum; D004497:Education, Dental; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004990:Ethics, Dental / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008824:Michigan; D012575:Schools, Dental; D014481:United States