Ethics and professionalism education during neonatal-perinatal fellowship training in the United States

The objectives of this study were to determine the perceived adequacy of ethics and professionalism education for neonatal-perinatal fellows in the United States, and to measure confidence of fellows and recent graduates when navigating ethical issues. Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Directors, fellow...

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Published in:Journal of perinatology 2015-10, Vol.35 (10), p.875-879
Main Authors: Cummings, C L, Geis, G M, Kesselheim, J C, Sayeed, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adequacy
Curricula
Curriculum - standards
Directors
Education
Education, Medical, Graduate
Ethical aspects
Ethics
Evaluation
Fellowships and Scholarships - standards
Female
Graduates
Humans
Infant care
Male
Medical ethics
Medical personnel training
Neonates
Newborn babies
Pediatrics - education
Pediatrics - ethics
Professionalism - education
Scholarships & fellowships
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teaching methods
Training
United States
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Summary:The objectives of this study were to determine the perceived adequacy of ethics and professionalism education for neonatal-perinatal fellows in the United States, and to measure confidence of fellows and recent graduates when navigating ethical issues. Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Directors, fellows and recent graduates were surveyed regarding the quality and type of such education during training, and perceived confidence of fellows/graduates in confronting ethical dilemmas. Forty-six of 97 Directors (47%) and 82 of 444 fellows/graduates (18%) completed the surveys. Over 97% of respondents agreed that ethics training is 'important/very important'. Only 63% of Directors and 37% of fellows/graduates rated ethics education as 'excellent/very good' (P=0.004). While 96% of Directors reported teaching of ethics, only 70% of fellows/graduates reported such teaching (P
ISSN:0743-8346
1476-5543
DOI:10.1038/jp.2015.70