Moral

You know what: I secretly changed the concept of "ethics" yesterday - and pulled your legs badly.

There are two areas in ethics that we wish to teach new doctors: common ethical problems and dilemma related to medical decision (similar to the ethics taught in many MBA programs, as I alluded to yesterday), and education to ensure our students practising at an acceptable moral (i.e. not only professional) standard. The former is no doubt suitable for didactic teaching and - as our educationalists prefer so much - examination by MCQ. Unfortunately, many extra-terrestrials and senior officials have the idea that the latter could be achieved by increasing the material we cover in the former.

This is similar to believing all lawyers obey to the law, and all philosophy teachers lead a living conforming to their own teaching.

"Too simple, sometimes naive," as pointed out by a certain Jimmy.

As Theodore Roosevelt once said, "A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."