Using a virtue ethics lens to develop a socially accountable community placement programme for medical students

Abstract Background Community-based education (CBE) involves educating the head (cognitive), heart (affective), and the hand (practical) by utilizing tools that enable us to broaden and interrogate our value systems. This article reports on the use of virtue ethics (VE) theory for understanding the...

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Main Authors: Mpho S. Mogodi, Masego B. Kebaetse, Mmoloki C. Molwantwa, Detlef R. Prozesky, Dominic Griffiths
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-019-1679-7