Anon-e-mous Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Is Doing Right worth purchasing for casper and/or interviews? I am cheap lol and this is an expensive book. I have also already taken a bioethics class so I'm not sure if it would be worth it. From what I have heard, there doesn't seem to be a lot (if any) medical ethics even in Casper? What about the interviews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouxter Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Try to get a copy from a library before interviews - I'd say it's not worth the $ if you've already taken a bioethics class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartk48 Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Not needed at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011235813 Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, hartk48 said: Not needed at all Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymouspls Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 You can easily find a copy online for free. I don't think it's needed specifically but I do think it's a good idea to read some ethics book at least before an interview. You don't really need it for CA$PER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-D- Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Doing Right was a fun read but I agree with others that it wasn't necessary for the interview. The U of W bioethics website gets recommended often, and I found it much better and easy to read through. https://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/ IMO yes you should have some basic/foundational knowledge of bioethics relevant to medicine prior to your interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goleafsgochris Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 N of 1 but I read it (it was my only exposure to ethics at the time) and got into both schools I got an interview at. I did feel the content helped significantly in my interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunAndMoon Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 if you've taken a good introductory bioethics class, there's not much doing right will bring you in the context of casper/mmi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon-e-mous Posted September 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 Thanks for all of your input! You all bring up good points. It's a lot to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey D. Luffy Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 18 hours ago, goleafsgochris said: N of 1 but I read it (it was my only exposure to ethics at the time) and got into both schools I got an interview at. I did feel the content helped significantly in my interviews. I'll make this N=2, I did also find it useful for improving my interview performance. But I also never took a bioethics class beforehand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nice Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bcemslayer Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 don't buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 I think it is better to say - you need to know the contents of doing right, and more importantly how to use the concepts in real world situations. That means going way beyond the cases in that book which focus on examples just to highlight usually one at time the various ethical concepts. Any real interview question given will have multiple ethics concerns all at once, and you have to make a decision on how to apply them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 oh and almost sound like human while you are doing all of that, ha. Not some logic computer spitting out an answer after running an optimization algorithm - these scenarios are based usually on real world situations, with real people's lives in the balance. It all seems like a game until you run into one "out there". This stuff really is important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughboy Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Large part of the content is also in the CMAJ Bioethics series from a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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