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How Should Resident Physicians Respond to Patients' Discomfort and Students' Moral Distress When Learning Procedures in Academic Medical Settings?
AMA Journal of Ethics 2017 June 2
In this scenario, a medical student, Lauren, experiences moral distress because she feels that learning to perform a procedure on a patient who requested not to be used for "practice" puts her own interests above the patient's. Lauren might also worry that the resident physician is misrepresenting her abilities. The resident physician could help alleviate Lauren's distress and align her interests with the patient's by more clearly explaining the training situation to the patient and seeking the patient's approval. Lauren might also manage the situation by assuring the patient of the resident's supervisory role. This article argues that trainees should have the opportunities to practice procedures and difficult conversations in simulated settings and that institutions should support a culture of "speaking up" to ensure patients' and learners' safety.
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