Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:The Culture of Health Care
Unit:Ethics and Professionalism
Lecture:Ethical and legal standards
Slide content:How the Hidden Curriculum Is Taught Institutional policies Statements about how much federal grant money the faculty is generating tell students that attracting money to the institution is an important value Evaluation activities The attributes and behaviors of those who are promoted may be more influential than ethics statements 14
Slide notes:Students learn about values from the policies of the institution. For example, if a medical schools brochures feature statements about how much grant money its faculty members generate, this tells students that attracting money to the institution is an important internal value. How faculty are selected for promotion and what type of student is selected as chief resident also makes a statement about the values the organization embraces. The attributes and behaviors of those who are promoted may be more powerful indicators of institutional values than ethics policies or ethics classes. 14