Professional Responsibility

Research shows that medical students exhibit a decline in empathy after they begin interacting with patients which poses a threat to their ability to provide patient-centered care. Patient-centered care challenges doctors to be empathetic, respectful, and compassionate, even during difficult patient interactions or when they have moral objections to the patient’s health behaviors. Teaching about abortion provides a learning opportunity for students to practice empathy and compassion in the face of patient behavior which they may not support.
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Medical Student Professional Responsibility

This web-based Medical Student Professional Responsibility Module is intended to help learners develop skills to manage their own judgmental feelings in patient interactions by encouraging empathy, compassion, or acceptance. This exercise was developed as a values clarification exercise for use with … Continue reading

Caring For Challenging Patients Digital Module

This web-based Caring for Challenging Patients workshop is intended to help learners develop skills to manage their own judgmental feelings in patient interactions by encouraging empathy, compassion, or acceptance. This exercise was developed as a values clarification exercise for use with … Continue reading

All Materials: Abortion Training for Partially Participating Residents

Download all materials for the Abortion Training for Partially Participating Residents using the links below. Partial Participation Protocols ACOG Committee Opinion on Abortion Training ACOG Committee Opinion on Conscientious Refusal Partial Participation Protocol-DRAFT Partial Participation Policies Partial Participation Recommended Policy Template … Continue reading

Caring For Challenging Patients Workshop

Teaching Patient-Centered Care At the core of professionalism is the recognition that patient-centered care is the foundation of positive health outcomes. Patient-centered care challenges doctors to be empathetic, respectful, and compassionate towards patients, particularly during challenging encounters. The ACGME lists … Continue reading

Teaching Professionalism to Nurses

Slide Set of Teaching Professionalism to Nurses presentation Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN University of California, San Francisco Click here to download Teaching Professionalism to Nurses (pdf)

Abortion in the Primary Care Setting

Facilitator Guide By the end of the session, learners will be able to: Identify the logistical, medical, and interpersonal benefits to providing abortion in the primary care setting. Describe at least three barriers to providing abortion in the primary care … Continue reading