Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Staff Publications
Language
English
Publication Date
3-1-2024
Journal
HEC Forum
DOI
10.1007/s10730-022-09473-z
PMID
35218454
Abstract
How should clinical ethicists be trained? Scholars have stated that clinical ethics fellowships create well-trained, competent ethicists. While this appears intuitive, few features of fellowship programs have been publicly discussed, let alone debated. In this paper, we examine how fellowships can foster effective mentoring relationships. These relationships provide the foundation for the fellow's transition from novice to competent professional. In this essay, we begin by discussing our pedagogical commitments. Next, we describe the structures our program has created to assist our fellows in becoming competent ethicists. We then outline the kinds of knowledge, skills, and professional attributes mentors should possess. Following this, we focus on the knowledge, skills, and professional attributes that fellows develop as they co-create effective mentoring relationships. We will not prescribe a single approach to fellowship training; instead, our perspective will, we hope, become a catalyst for further conversation on training and mentoring clinical ethics fellows.
Keywords
Humans, Mentors, Ethics, Clinical, Mentoring, Fellowships and Scholarships, Ethicists, Clinical ethics, Medical education, Professionalization
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Bibler, Trevor M; Nelson, Ryan H; Moore, Bryanna; et al., "Building Effective Mentoring Relationships During Clinical Ethics Fellowships: Pedagogy, Programs, and People" (2024). Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Staff Publications. 343.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/med_ethics/343