title: Ethics curriculum for emergency medicine graduate medical education.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ethics education is an essential component of graduate medical education in emergency medicine. A sound understanding of principles of bioethics and a rational approach to ethical decision-making are imperative.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article addresses ethics curriculum content, educational approaches, educational resources, and resident feedback and evaluation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ethics curriculum content should include elements suggested by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and the Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine. Essential ethics content includes ethical principles, the physician-patient relationship, patient autonomy, clinical issues, end-of-life decisions, justice, education in emergency medicine, research ethics, and professionalism.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The appropriate curriculum in ethics education in emergency medicine should include some of the content and educational approaches outlined in this article, although the optimal methods for meeting these educational goals may vary by institution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio 43614, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Marco
authors.forename: Dave W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stettner
authors.forename: Peter E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Sokolove
authors.forename: Jacob W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Ufberg
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Noeller
mesh_terms: D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D001675:Bioethics / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational