Bioethics Teaching Methodology for Medical Residents, and Nursing and Biomedical Engineering Students

The aim of this chapter is to illustrate how the authors approach bioethics at Campus Bio-Medico University in Rome. This work opens with a brief presentation of the university and its mission and explains how bioethics fits into the philosophy of a university mainly focused on biomedical sciences. The comparatively small but important role of ethics and humanities in the core curriculum of the students is described, followed by an analysis of the multidisciplinary nature of bioethics as it is taught at Campus Bio-Medico University. The key elements with which the authors build integrated courses where the ethical dimension is grounded in its anthropological roots are identified. The ‘Why, Why, Why’ methodology is explained and contextualized, complete with a description of the shift the authors have witnessed among their students in the last two decades reflected in how their judgment criteria rely more and more on sensations and emotions rather than on reason and reflection. The chapter concludes with examples of this methodology put into practice, ranging from lecture courses to ‘jam sessions’ to problem-based learning with engineers, showing how the methodology works in each context. © 2021 selection and editorial matter, Madeleine Mant and Chris Mounsey; individual chapters, the contributors.