The ethics curriculum at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is designed to provide students with the conceptual tools that they will need to navigate the ethical issues that are commonly encountered in clinical practice. Our program helps students to develop skills in critical reasoning and in using the basic concepts of medical ethics. It also fosters the habits of critical reflection and discussion about the ethical issues.
Our four-year plan is to build on the basic concepts by revisiting the central issues in the context of clinical practice through discussions tied to the clerkships and through 3rd- & 4th-yr case-based assignments that nurture and reinforce the basic skills.