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Ethics Questions in Medical School Interviews
The medical school interview1 frequently involves questions about ethical issues. You may be asked to state your position on topics such as euthanasia, abortion or stem cell research, all of which have ethical implications. Alternatively, you may be given a hypothetical ethical scenario and asked to make a decision.
Medical schools ask these questions because they are interested in the critical-thinking process you employ to arrive at a decision or state your position. Navigating through ethical scenarios can be challenging if you aren’t equipped with the right tools. One important approach that can help you successfully work your way through such scenarios is the development of a logical construct.
Before the interview, develop a set of guiding principles – or logical construct – that you can apply in every ethical scenario or question you face. These guiding principles could be to minimize pain and suffering, to cause the least harm, to take into account the wishes of those affected or to always be fair. Once you have defined these guiding principles, you can apply them to myriad situations. The interviewer wants to see how you arrive at your decision more so than knowing what decision you would ultimately make.
A logical construct can serve as the “how” that gets you to your position. Make sure you discuss the different guiding principles with your interviewer as you apply each to an ethical scenario. In so doing, you will show your interviewer that you are capable of thinking critically.
(Ali Lotfi, M.D. www.usnews.com, 20.06.2017. Adaptado.)
1 Personal interviews are required for admission at essentially all medical schools in the United States.
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