VII. Moral Reasoning and Ethical Judgment
Competency Director: Meg Gaffney, M.D.
The competent graduate recognizes the ethical issues of medical practice and health policy; identifies alternatives in difficult ethical choices; analyzes systematically the conflicting considerations supporting different alternatives; and formulates, defends, and effectively carries out a course of action that takes account of this ethical complexity. The graduate combines a willingness to recognize the nature of the value systems of patients and others with commitment to his/her own system and the ethical choices necessary to maintain his/her own ethical integrity.
