ME575 Medical Ethics

As stated by William Osler, “the practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head”. One must always act by a code of ethics and a duty of service that, in medicine, puts patient care above self-interest. This course is designed to introduce students to the field of medical ethics and allow students to think through common ethical scenarios they may face throughout clinical practice. The Franklin Pierce University PA Program supports the AAPA’s Guidelines for Ethical Conduct for the Physician Assistant Profession https://www.aapa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/16-EthicalConduct.pdf and the NCCPA’s Code of Conduct for Certified and Certifying Physician Assistants https://www.nccpa.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Code-of-Conduct.pdf. During this course, the student will be given the opportunity to discuss topics covered in each of these publications as well as discuss patient cases in which ethical decision making was required.