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“Ethics for all": Interprofessional ethical training in the education of healthcare professionals
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Zhaw, Departement Gesundheit, Winterthur, Switzerland
Eur J Midwifery 2026;10(Supplement 1):A764
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The "Ethics for all" teaching and learning concept promotes ethical reflection, discussion, decision-making and collaboration within interprofessional healthcare teams. Developed by an interprofessional team of lecturers at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), it is designed for the joint teaching of midwives, occupational therapists, health promoters, physiotherapists, physicians and social workers.
DISCUSSION:
The training enables participants from various healthcare professions to collectively resolve challenging dilemma situations from practice. It fosters the development of professional competences (reflection and problem-solving), social competences (communication and collaboration), and personal competences (self-reflection, tolerance for ambiguity). The concept incorporates ethical case examples based on real-world practice scenarios and e-learning units that are interprofessionally transferable. The foundation for reflection is provided by a decision-making framework for ethical. The learning unit uniquely integrates the three dimensions of interprofessional collaboration, ethics, and communication. Co-creative teaching methods foster group processes and shifts in perspective.
EVIDENCE WHERE RELEVANT:
This concept has already been successfully implemented, evaluated, and refined multiple times in the education of healthcare professionals. Through insights gained from the implementation and evaluation process, a comprehensive teaching and learning concept has emerged that addresses the three dimensions mentioned earlier. In this way, midwifery students can learn and practise ethical skills together with members of other professions and contribute their professional perspective. The ethical competence cultivated through this approach enables well-founded ethical decision-making, improves the quality of care and has the potential to positively impact the experience of moral distress.
KEY MESSAGE:
The purpose of this best-practice concept is to encourage joint learning and collaboration in the field of ethics. The practice cases that form the core of this concept address multiple professions. Midwifery students develop their ethical competencies in an interprofessional context, broadening their professional perspective in the process.
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