BIOETHICAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL, MEDICOLEGAL AND RESEARCH ISSUES
1. Every week, there will be a 2-hour session on any of the following issues on patients with XXXXX HEALTH PROBLEM:
Bioethical
Psychosocial
Medicolegal
Research
2. The session may be in the form of small group discussion, debate, or role-play, depending on what issue is to be tackled.
3. The sessions on issues will prepare the students for their practical examination in the symposium.
Guidelines for small-group discussion, debate, and role-play
Small Group Discussion:
In small group discussions, individuals interact with one another to achieve objectives.
Guidelines:
1. Before the session starts, ensure that all needed facts are available.
2. Remind students of how a group discussion works:
The task must be clear.
The leader is to summarize, to help students see the issue, to direct the analysis, to bring in its relation to theoretical knowledge, and to guide rational
discussion to some conclusion.
The students are to contribute and listen.
3. If a consensus is reached, decide if it is because of the similarity in group members or if others would also agree. If no consensus is reached, decide what are the basic points at issue.
Will they always be bound in conflicting different moral theories?
The Debate:
The debate is a form of group discussion wherein group members are assigned to argue for two opposing views of an issue.
Guidelines:
1. Ensure that the topic chosen has enough arguments to favor each side of the issue.
2. Give the students time to prepare for the debate.
3. Establish the ground rules: How many may talk, how long each one may talk, how often rebuttals will be allowed.
4. Involve the audience in evaluating the issue and in summarizing the main points for each side.
The Role-play:
The role-play is a simulation of a particular situation with individuals assuming specific roles.
Guidelines:
1. Deal with a subject where attitudes, feelings, interpersonal skills or behavior are important.
2. Warm-up the players: tell them a few minutes before the presentation what role they should play: who they are and how they feel about the issue.
3. Have no prepared script or rehearsal.
4. After the presentation, have players share how they felt.
5. Have students analyze the players’ behavior and feelings.
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