Medical Ethics
committee and education
Faculty of medicine – Alexandria University
Presented by
Prof MAHA GHANEM
Chairman of Ethics committee
Mission of the faculty
Provide the community with physicians
who are competent in diagnosis and
treatment of its health problems and
who are applying professional
ethics
aspiring to enrich medical sciences with
scientific researches that participate in
solving community problems and providing
integrated medical care that cope with
modern technologies
Vision of the faculty
Alexandria Faculty of Medicine is •
aspiring to be an excellence and
creativity model in medical
education, scientific research and
effectiveness in community
participation that will position it in
the top level between its peers on the
national, regional and international
levels.
Role of
Ethics
Committee
Investigate and
interrogate any
ethical violation
between staff ,
students and patients
Propagate
awareness of
the concept of
intellectual
property
between
,
Initiation
ofstaff
a new
Assessment
of
all
project
employees
, in
degree
in medical
and
research
plans
students
faculty
medicine
and
ethics of
for
the post
monitoring
clinicalnew
graduate
students,
coursesresearch
as Ethics of
Help publications
to acquire appropriate
. Ethics of
professional
attitudes
care of special
pts,,
communication,
problem
Medical and
ethics
II
solving skills to under and
post graduate students with
cooperation of FM dep .
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‫بروتوكوالت‬
‫الماجستير‬
‫بروتوكوالت‬
‫الدكتوراه‬
‫أبحاث أعضاء‬
‫هيئة التدريس‬
‫عدد‬
‫المشروعات‬
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Approval
• Approved from the office for
human research protection
• IRB number : 00007555
• FWA number : 00015712
• http://ohrp.cit.nih.gov/search
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Recommendation
• To improve our tasks
• 1- Extend Monitoring of all research work not
only the projects of clinical trial center
• 2- Initiate subcommittee to follow up patients
complaints in our faculty hospitals ( 11 in 2016
) with the integration of Alexandria medical
syndicate
• 3-Increase the awareness of patient’s rights
and responsibilities
• 4- Specify subcommittee for medical ethics
consultation
• 5- Workshops for ME education
Role of committee in
education
Medical Ethics Education
Improvements for undergraduates
I- Methods of teaching
• 2-3 lectures in 4th grade
• Lectures + tutorial classes divided in 3 years
( preclinical & clinical )
II . Improvement for postgraduates
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No available course what so ever
Four courses available
Medical Ethics I ( MS )
Medical Ethics II ( MD )
Ethics Of Publications
Ethics of care of special patients
• On
line
Assessment method
Staff members
Q. Which type of knowledge-based assessment
methods (Written Qs) are commonly used?
Objective written exams: MCQs, Matching,
Extended matching, TF, and Short answer Qs.
Essay Qs. (Long, short, modified essay Qs)
Case studies (Problem solving)
Do written test items assess different knowledge
levels? (Discriminative power of test items)
MCQ test item analysis
• Item analysis:
 Difficulty index
 Discrimination index
 Distractor efficiency
• Internal Consistency Reliability
Essay Qs
Applied Qs (Basic
sciences)?
Modified Essay Qs
(Clinical Scenariobased)?
 Problem Solving Qs?
Do test items assess
different knowledge
levels (Discriminative)?
Are action verbs used
appropriately?
How Ethical and professional attitudes and
behavior are assessed?
through Multiple research work , master and
doctorate degrees to determine successful
ethical application
Recommended actions
• To apply and follow ethical attitudes in
students teaching, education and
assessment of attitude and exam
Intellectual Property
Journal
Library
Teaching &
awareness