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Week 5 Discussion: Continue the Discussion

Ethics in Healthcare

This week, you will learn about ethics, the ethical decision-making model, and core ethical principles that influence healthcare. Even in the increasing blur of medically based technological advancements, the complexity of diseases and treatments, growing diversity and disparity, and the development of large medical institutions and facilities, almost 100 percent of graduating healthcare professionals take some kind of ethically based oath before they begin practice. What did you learn about ethics that you did not already know?

Join us in the conversation! Here are some ideas to get you started. You can pick one of these, or post something else related:

• How do you see the ethical decision-making model and core principles influencing the practice of healthcare professionals in today’s rapidly evolving medical landscape? Can you provide examples of situations where these principles would play a crucial role in guiding healthcare providers through complex decisions?
• What steps can healthcare institutions take to ensure that ethical considerations remain central in the face of advancing technology and evolving healthcare systems?
• What outside resource (image, video, article, self-recording) best reflects your own experience with ethics? Share the link within your post. Why did you pick that item to share?
• What about this week’s content is relevant to your own professional or academic career?

Response Guidelines

• Your Writing: Each post should be courteous, succinct, professional, well-written and organized, using proper writing mechanics, grammar, and punctuation.
• Your Post: Please post something to the discussion board related to the content covered this week. Do not create your post as a reply to the pinned post. Instead, use Yellowdig’s Create option to create a new post.
• Responding to Peers: As you respond to your classmates, share your experiences and anecdotal feedback regarding their posts. How have your personal experiences resonated with their ideas? What can you add to their ideas, building upon the connections you have made to the material so far? Consider exploring the features of Yellowdig such as your ability to embed videos and pictures, create polls and videos, use hashtags, love or like a post, and so on.