Ethics Skills

Course Category: Ethics Skills

  • A Call for Ethics Committees

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    A Call for Ethics Committees argues that dental organizations need ethics committees to address growing concerns among the public regarding ethical conduct; based on an article in the Journal of the American College of Dentists. (1 credit hour) Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will be able to: Describe the social forces and history […]

  • An Ethics Education Program for Practicing Dentists

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    An Ethics Education Program for Practicing Dentists encompassing “Can Ethics Be Taught?” and “A Framework for Discussing Ethics.” (1 credit hour) Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will understand: The evidence that ethics can be taught, including the research on ethical sensitivity, moral judgment, motivation and commitment to a professional role, and self-regulation and […]

  • An Expanded Role for Care Ethics

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    An Expanded Role for Care Ethics discusses care ethics as an alternative to the better known approaches based on normative principles or virtue; based on an article in the Journal of the American College of Dentists. (1 credit hour) Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will be able to: Define and give examples of […]

  • Enhancing Professionalism Using Ethics Education

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    Enhancing Professionalism Using Ethics Education a process and procedures for interacting with indivudals who have violated the rules of professional conduct; based on an article in the Journal of the American College of Dentists. (1 credit hour) Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will be able to: Identify and discuss the interconnections among various […]

  • Errors in Dentistry: A Call for Apology

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    Errors in Dentistry: A Call for Apology argues that apologies are very important in maintaining relationships with patients that are based on trust and mutual respect; based on an article in the Journal of the American College of Dentists. (1 credit hour) Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will be able to: Understand what […]

  • How to Make Moral Choices

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    How to Make Moral Choices discusses moral choices, how to analyze them, and how to make them. (1 credit hour) Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will be able to: Define moral choice (as distinct from ethical reasoning) Describe and use seven heuristics that enhance moral choice: a) identify action outcomes; b) rule out […]

  • Informed Consent and Disclosure

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    Informed and Disclosure borrowing the concept of a reasonable patient from discussions of disclosure standards for informed consent, this paper offers a patient-centered definition of conflict of interest. (1 credit hour) Learning Objective After completing the course, participants will be able to: Define and give examples of conflict of interest, disclosure, and informed consent Identify […]

  • Informed Consent: Does Practice Match Conviction?

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    Informed Consent: Does Practice Match Conviction? discusses informed consent as an ethical principle and legal requirement that must be applied in practice; based on an article in the Journal of the American College of Dentists. (1 credit hour) Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will be able to: Define informed consent and its role […]

  • Promises

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    Promises discursive ethics is based on a special class of performance languageā€”the promise; based on an article in the Journal of the American College of Dentists. (1 credit hour) Learning Objectives After completing the course, participants will be able to: Define performance language and distinguish it from descriptive language Identify the conditions of (a) qualified […]