The personal calculus of moral reasoning and identity in global health professions work

Saleem Idris Razack

doi:10.36834/cmej.36833

The personal calculus of moral reasoning and identity in global health professions work

Authors

Saleem Idris Razack Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Core Member of the Centre for Medical Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.36833

Keywords:

Global Health Professions Education, Moral Reasoning, Identity

Abstract

In this personal essay, the author reflects on experiences in global health professions education projects, and the moral reasoning that might be required to define explicitly what constitutes ethical participation. Three interrelated notions are explored:

The decision to engage or not through a discussion of the concepts of safety, understanding power dynamics, and analysis of personal and institutional motivations for the project
The ultimate goals to promote human flourishing and improve equity, through attention to local inequities potentially experienced by either participants or colleagues from home.
Attention to the personal transformative potential of participation in global health professions projects.

A framework for exploring moral reasoning in global health professions education work using these three concepts is presented as one that the author has found helpful in his own work in global health professions education.

Author Biography

Saleem Idris Razack, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Core Member of the Centre for Medical Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

Associate Professor,

Department of Pediatrics,

Core Member of the Centre for Medical Education,

McGill University

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Published

2017-04-20

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Razack SI. The personal calculus of moral reasoning and identity in global health professions work. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2017 Apr. 20 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];8(2):e90-94. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/36833

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Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2017): Supplement to Special Issue on Globalization and Medical Education: Canadian Dimensions

Section

Brief Reports

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