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By Daniel Sokol. When not working as a barrister, I teach medical ethics to doctors who are going through disciplinary proceedings. The majority are in trouble because of dishonest conduct. They may have lied on a job application, cheated in a membership exam, or forged a document for personal gain. Medical Practitioners Tribunals have often [...]Read More...
almost 3 years ago
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By Daniel Sokol In February 2023, I wrote on this forum about a new honesty test for doctors.[1] Developed with an experienced clinical psychologist, the test was a Situational Judgement Test of 22 real-life scenarios involving truth-telling problems. The ‘correct’ answers were determined by six professors of medical ethics who were also medical doctors. To [...]Read More...
7 months ago
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By Daniel Sokol Earlier this year, I was invited by the Dr Prem Nath Berry Educational Trust, a medical charity, to deliver a new lecture in India on medical ethics. At that time, I was also thinking of a suitable topic for my presidential lecture at the Osler Club of London, a medical society founded [...]Read More...
5 months ago