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Examining Ethics

Developing a Comprehensive Exam for a Bioethics Master’s Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2014

TOBY SCHONFELD ,
HUGH STODDARD  and
CORY ANDREW LABRECQUE
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Extract

The aim of this section is to expand and accelerate advances in methods of teaching bioethics. Bioethics educators are invited to send submissions to T. Kushner at [email protected].

Keywords

ethics educationexamassessmentrubricminimal competencycontent mastery
Type
Bioethics Education
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , October 2014 , pp. 461 - 471
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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