title: Professionalism and ethics in the public health curriculum.
abstract: As the public's health-care needs increase in complexity, renewed attention is being given to the ethical dimensions of public health decision-making and the development of public health ethics as a bounded area of teaching and research. This article provides an overview of approaches to public health ethics and decision-making, and suggests ways to incorporate the professionalism competencies into the teaching of public health practice. The teaching of ethics language, concepts, and tools for decision analysis helps to prepare students for the inevitable ethical choices they will have to make in their professional practice. The teaching of ethics and professionalism and the experiences of professionals enrich each other and foster the critical link between education and practice.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Jacquelyn.Slomka@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Jacquelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slomka
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Quill
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: desVignes-Kendrick
authors.forename: Linda E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Lloyd
mesh_terms: D003162:Competency-Based Education; D003657:Decision Making; D004500:Education, Graduate; D040381:Education, Public Health Professional; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006801:Humans; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States
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