| Objective: To develop a core curriculum for teaching biomedical ethics to master’s level students in a clinical research training program at a chiropractic institution and research centre and to provide a background and overview about bioethics curricula. Method: Qualitative research using interviews with semi-structured questions. Four leaders with experience in ethics teaching or administration were interviewed. Each was asked to consider a set of topics for bioethics, add to, alter or delete topics, and then to provide one key learning objective for each final topic. Answers were coded thematically, with responses used to develop a curriculum for a course in clinical bioethics. Results: Responses from participants provided guidance for the development of a course in clinical bioethics that relies upon the use of case scenarios and combined teaching and learning methodologies. It includes weekly driving Scenarios around which classroom discussion takes place. It also provides a list of learning objectives. Conclusion: A curriculum in clinical bioethics for master’s students was developed from information provided by interviewees. Early assessment indicates that students are successfully incorporating information from the bioethics class into research projects developed later in their course of study. This abstract is reproduced with the permission of the publisher; full text (print only) by subscription.
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