Summary
This toolkit from the British Medical Association looks at some of the key challenges students may come across when undertaking a medical elective in a developing country.
Topics covered include:
- Staying within your competence
- Emergency situations
- Maintaining ethical standards
- Minimising burdens on the host country.
Content
Key principles of ethics for medical students:
- Autonomy or self-determination as a medical student
- Medical students and the GMC
- Approaching a medical dilemma as a medical student
- When police request access to patient records
- Good communication as a medical student
- Getting consent adults with capacity as a medical student
- Getting consent from adults without capacity as a medical student
- Treating children and young people as a medical student
- Confidentiality as a medical student
- Working with tutors and senior health professionals as a medical student
- As a medical student, am I always on duty?
- Social media as a medical student
- Medical students and electives in resource-poor settings
- Cultural relativism as a medical student
To find out more about these topics, follow the link below to the BMA webpage.
BMA: Ethics toolkit for medical students Medical students and electives in resource-poor settings (May 2020)
https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/ethics/medical-students/ethics-toolkit-for-medical-students/medical-electives-in-resource-poor-settings
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