title: Healthcare ethics: a pedagogical goldmine.
abstract: The author explores how a well designed and delivered course in healthcare ethics can meet multiple curricular goals in a health administration program. The basic philosophy, content, and methods of instruction are presented along with discussion of the effectiveness of using ethics as a platform for development of critical analysis and decision-making skills. The author illustrates how the course meets specific curricular criteria for program accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Finally, a number of specific challenges related to the design and delivery of an effective course in healthcare ethics are addressed including course design, materials of instruction, and faculty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Healthcare Ethics Ruekert-Hartman School of Health Professions, Regis University Denver, Colorado, 970-330-7064, USA.
authors.forename: Deb
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bennett-Woods
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration; D003120:Colorado; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004991:Ethics, Institutional / Q000193:education*; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000193:education*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000193:education* / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016730:Program Development; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014481:United States