Case Study On Ethics Dilemma as A Learning Method in Achieving Competency of Ethicolegal Education Program Module for Obstetrics and Gynaecology Residency Programs Faculty of Medicine Hasanuddin University

Background and Objectives: Ethical and medicolegal competence is an important aspect of professionalism that must be possessed by obstetricians and gynaecologists. To support the achievement of these competencies, several methods of continuous learning and training are required by referring to the modules that have been established by the Collegium of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists. In the Specialist Medical Education Program, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hasanuddin University Faculty of Medicine, apart from a theoretical approach, the achievement of competency in the ethics and a medicolegal module is carried out using a case-based learning approach, which is to assign tasks to students in the form of case studies of ethical and medicolegal dilemmas handled and analysed during the process education and services in hospitals. Method: Literature search and observation of learning activities for Obstetrics And Gynaecology Residency Programs, Hasanuddin University Faculty of Medicine in the ethics and law module using a case study approach of ethical and medicolegal dilemmas. Result: The standard Collegium ethics and law module were prepared as a learning reference for assessing the achievement of ethical and legal competencies. In this module learning activity, students of this programs conducted a case study with ethical and medicolegal dilemmas in medical service practice. Cases were analysed based on the basic principles of bioethics (Beneficence, non-maleficence, Autonomy, justice), clinical ethics "The Four Box Method" (medical indication, patient preference, quality of life, contextual features), and medicolegal aspects. Learning objectives to achieve competence: 1) Make ethical decisions in obstetric and gynaecological services, 2) Manage legal problems in obstetric and gynaecological practice, 3) Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality, and 4) Conduct Informed Consent. Conclusions and Recommendation: A case study in the ethics and law module for Obstetrics And Gynaecology Residency Programs improves the ability to make clinical decisions that are dilemma and medicolegal-related. Case studies become a learning model for the achievement of ethical and legal competencies.