Bioethics Research Project Receives FSRE Grant

The Faculty Support for Research in Education (FSRE) Grant Advisory Committee recently awarded funding for a research proposal submitted by Charles Weijer (Department of Philosophy; Department of Medicine; Director, Rotman Institute of Science and Values), Lorelei Lingard (Department of Medicine), and Christopher Watling (Department of Clinical and Neurological Sciences).

 

The research project is entitled “The hidden curriculum around patients who are ‘taking up beds’: Towards a deeper understanding of the CanMEDS manager and advocate roles,” and will explore a subject of considerable importance to medical resident education within the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at UWO.

 

Increasingly, acute care hospitals are caring for patients who do not have acute care needs. While the impact of these patients on wait times is well acknowledged, the impact on resident education is unexplored. This research project will use the concept of hidden curriculum to explore how resident learning about the CanMEDS roles of manager and advocate is influenced by their team’s approach to patients perceived as unwanted, unsuited to the team’s expertise, or a drain on their resources.