Abstract:
The awareness that medical practice should be based on an ethical professional atitude has highlighted the growing importance of in-depth, continuing ethical education, emphasizing moral values and students' social commitment. Seeking to adjust to this new paradigm, in November 2000 medical students from the Federal University in Bahia, Brazil (UFBA) founded Academética, the Academic Association for the Study of Medical Ethics and Bioethics. The objedives are to update topics from the course on medical ethics and develop studies on these themes. Discussions are based an scientific articles, vídeos, and participation by students in congresses, conferences, etc. Academética thus provides additianal tools to develop a critical approach towards Bioethics and Medical Ethics during medical students' undergraduate training.
Key-words:
Ethcs, Medical; Bioethics; Morals; Education, Continuing; Students, Medical