Long title
Remedial Ethics Programs for Physicians and Dentists
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Publication
Journal of the American College of Dentists
Volume number
76
Issue number
4
Year
2009
First page number
41
Last page number
45
Country
United States
Abstract
Both Bebeau's program for ethics remediation of dentists in Minnesota and ProBE, a nationwide ethics remediation program for physicians and other health professions, grew out of society's concern in the 1960s for responsibility and accountability of those in authority, including professionals. The ProBE program is described, and differences between it and Bebeau's program are highlighted. The ProBE program is a bit shorter in duration and focused on specific, individual ethics violations. It uses tensions- such as the contrast between knowing what is right and doing what is wrong - to develop personal insights. A multidisciplinary team of several coaches is used in the ProBE model, and it does not depend on pre- and post-course gain scores. Bebeau's approach may be more readily adapted to predoctoral education, since it is more generic and theoretically based in the Rest model, whereas ProBE is grounded in the real and specific ethical violations of individual practitioners.
Status
Published
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