TY - JOUR
T1 - Navigating conflict and difference in medical education
T2 - insights from moral psychology
AU - Paros, Samuel
AU - Tilburt, Jon
PY - 2018/11/22
Y1 - 2018/11/22
N2 - Medical students and educators face a myriad of complex moral disagreements and conflicts both in preclinical and clinical training environments. Inability to deal with these conflicts effectively and compassionately can lead to undesirable consequences and threaten important relationships in high-stakes healthcare environments. We suggest that the integration of moral psychology into medical education can help trainees and faculty constructively respond to behavior they may find immoral or misguided. Here we focus on the application of Moral Foundations Theory (MFT), which demonstrates how the instantaneous gut reactions which guide reactionary behavior can be categorized into six foundational categories. These categories offer psychological explanations for human behavior which can help medical trainees and professionals navigate challenging moral conflicts.
AB - Medical students and educators face a myriad of complex moral disagreements and conflicts both in preclinical and clinical training environments. Inability to deal with these conflicts effectively and compassionately can lead to undesirable consequences and threaten important relationships in high-stakes healthcare environments. We suggest that the integration of moral psychology into medical education can help trainees and faculty constructively respond to behavior they may find immoral or misguided. Here we focus on the application of Moral Foundations Theory (MFT), which demonstrates how the instantaneous gut reactions which guide reactionary behavior can be categorized into six foundational categories. These categories offer psychological explanations for human behavior which can help medical trainees and professionals navigate challenging moral conflicts.
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U2 - 10.1186/s12909-018-1383-z
DO - 10.1186/s12909-018-1383-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 30466415
AN - SCOPUS:85057074229
SN - 1472-6920
VL - 18
SP - 273
JO - BMC medical education
JF - BMC medical education
IS - 1
M1 - 273
ER -