McGaw Bioethics Clinical Scholars Program

The McGaw Bioethics Scholars Program is a two-year program and is co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities and McGaw Medical Center. Eligible trainees must complete the following curricular components:

• Attend 10 Core Didactics/Workshops
• Attend 12 Specialty Didactics/Workshops
• Complete Asynchronous Learning
• Participate in Practical Experience
• Develop a Portfolio of Completed Works
• Develop a scholarly project

These curricular components have been created to promote the ACGME health competencies across all 6 subcompetencies:

• Patient care
• Medical knowledge
• Practice based learning and improvement
• System based practice, professionalism
• Interpersonal skills and communications
• Professionalism

The program components are based on a needs assessment performed by the program leadership and are subject to change based on feedback from participants and mentors.

Program Objectives

• Understand the moral, philosophical, and historical basis of bioethics
• Understand the basic principles of bioethics
• Identify ethical features of a clinical encounter and develop critical skills necessary to evaluate ethical claims
• Address ethical challenges and conflicts through defending a particular position on an ethical issue
• Develop awareness of ethical issues that may occur across subspecialties
• Develop a scholarly product that allows the learner to increase their understanding of the ethical challenges in their own subspecialty

• Information session for McGaw residents and fellows: June 13, and July 18; all at 5pm and held via Zoom (Please contact Myria Knox for the Zoom link)
• Applications open: July 1
• Applications close: August 9
• Decisions communicated: August 19
• Orientation: Thursday, August 29, 6-7pm, via Zoom (will be recorded)
• First seminar session: Wednesday, September 11, 6-8pm, in person on downtown campus