Medical Ethics Oral Presentation
- Length
- 3–4 minutes
- Audience
- Healthcare team or ethics committee
- Prompt
- Select a medical ethics issue related to the urinary or nervous system. Deliver a prepared oral presentation that:
-
- Clearly states your position on the issue
-
- Supports your position with explanation and reasoning
-
- Uses appropriate medical terminology
-
- Demonstrates purposeful organization and professional delivery
Response
It's not unknown that medical procedures can be painful. Most doctors will communicate this expectation of pain to the patient before beginning a procedure. But how are patients supposed to understand what level of pain is normal? And how best to communicate types or levels of pain that may be unexpected or indicative of something that has gone wrong?