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Innovation in education: the military medical ethics ‘playing cards’ and smartphone application
  1. Marina Miron1 and
  2. M Bricknell2
  1. 1 Department of Defence Studies, King's College London, Watchfield, UK
  2. 2 Department of War Studies, Conflict and Health Research Group, King's College London - Strand Campus, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Marina Miron, Defence Studies, King's College London, Watchfield, UK; marina.miron{at}kcl.ac.uk

Abstract

Military medical personnel need to understand military medical ethics to comply with international humanitarian law, national health practice and professional norms. Teaching this subject is constrained by a lack of educational resources, being further exacerbated by the limits imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper describes an innovative approach to deliver military medical ethics education using 52 scenarios published as a set of playing cards and a smartphone app. The rationale for the methodology and the development of these scenarios is summarised. This package forms a part of a ‘d(igital)-learning’ educational suite that includes physical cards, the app and a website for teaching both military and military medical ethics. The paper describes the experience of delivering this d-learning package in military medical ethics to UK and international audiences. The final sections offer a look ahead to the next stages for refinement to the current suite and the wider d-learning resources.

  • medical education & training
  • health services administration & management
  • ethics (see medical ethics)

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Footnotes

  • Twitter @MartinBricknell

  • Contributors MB and MM equally conceived, drafted and guarantee this paper.

  • Funding This study is funded by King’s College Faculty of Public Policy, King’s College London, UK Research and Innovation (ES/P010962/1).

  • Competing interests MB is Deputy Director of the King’s Centre for Military Ethics.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.