Bioethics Resident Curriculum: Case-Based Teaching Guides
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Bioethics and Committee on
Bioethics have together responded to the need for bioethics education in pediatric training
programs. We have developed a case-based modular curriculum designed to function as a how-to
resource for residency and fellowship training programs. These instructor guides are aimed at
assisting pediatric faculty in helping trainees develop basic competencies in bioethics.
Download the full curriculum including all 15 modules:
Bioethics Resident Curriculum
These modules review relevant resources and identify current debates important in the teaching
of bioethics to medical trainees.
Download individual curriculum modules:
Title Page, Table of Contents, Acknowledgements and Introduction
Session 1. Ethics Education and Available Resources
Douglas J. Opel, MD, MPH, FAAP
Session 2. Religious, Cultural, and Philosophical Objections to Care
Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH, FAAP
Session 3. Training Issues for Residents and Students: Ethical and
Professional Conflicts in the Context of Valued Learning Opportunities
Alex Okun, MD, FAAP, and Waseem Hafeez, MBBS, FAAP
Session 4. Informed Consent and Assent in Pediatrics
Yoram T. Unguru, MD, MS, MA
Session 5. Minors as Decision-Makers
Joel E. Frader, MD, MA, FAAP, and Erin Flanagan, MD
Session 6. Availability and Use of Pediatric Enhancements
Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr, MD, MA, FAAP
Session 7. Iatrogenesis: Exploring Ethical Obligations
Tomas J. Silber, MD, FAAP
Session 8. Malpractice and Disclosure of Errors
Sadath A. Sayeed, MD, JD, and Robert D. Truog, MD, FAAP
Session 9. Pediatrician-Parent-Patient Relationship: Obligations of Veracity,
Fidelity, and Confidentiality
Mary B. Adam, MD, MA, PhD, FAAP
Session 10. Autonomy, Beneficence, and the Rights of Parents and Children:
Exploring the Application of Ethical Principles in Pediatrics
Christy L. Cummings, MD, FAAP, and Mark R. Mercurio, MD, MA, FAAP
Session 11. Institutional Ethics Committees
Micah Hester, PhD
Session 12. Brain Death, Permanent Vegetative State, and Medical Futility
Diane Plantz, MD, and John Lantos, MD, FAAP
Session 13. Critically Ill Newborns
Mark R. Mercurio, MD, MA, FAAP
Session 14. Maternal-Fetal Conflict
Susan F. Townsend, MD, FAAP
Session 15. Genetic Testing and Screening of Children
Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD, FAAP
AAP Ethics Teaching Module:
Training issues for residents and students, Part II: Ethical and professional conflicts in trainees’ roles as subordinates
Waseem Hafeez, MBBS, FAAP and Alex Okun MD, FAAP
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