This document provides a lesson plan for a session on healthcare ethics principles for PG students in community medicine. The instructor is Dr. J. Vinothini and there will be 5 learners. The objective is for learners to identify the healthcare ethics principle most focused on in public health. There are two specific learning objectives: 1) List the four healthcare ethics principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice and 2) Identify the principle most focused on in public health ethics. The principles and what role the state has over individual rights regarding behaviors posing risks to the community will be discussed over PowerPoint presentations lasting 2 minutes and 90 seconds respectively. Evaluation will be through questions and examples.

1. Ethical Principles
Name of the Instructor : Dr. J. Vinothini
Audience : PG students in Community Medicine
No. of learners : 5
Topic :
Domain : Cognitive domain
Date : As per the notice
Time (duration) : 5 mins
OBJECTIVE - Identification of Healthcare Ethics Principle which is more focused
under Public Health Ethics
SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES (SLO)–
At the end of the session, the learners should be able to,
1. List out all the four-healthcare ethics principles.
2. Identify the principle which is more focused under public health
ethics.
Evaluation: SLO’s will be assessed by asking questions while giving examples.
Summary : Summarised by solving the (issues) example given in set induction.
SLO Content
(brief) Method Media Duration
1 Autonomy- Individual’s right to accept or refuse
treatment given that the patient has all the facts
regarding their treatment.
Beneficence- Act in the patient’s best interest.
Non-maleficence- Do no harm to patients
Justice- All patients must be treated equitably
and fairly
Narration
with
examples
Power point
presentation
2 mins
2 What role does the state or community have
over the rights of an individual when it comes to
their behaviour that may pose a risk or harm to a
community?
Narration
with
example
Power point
presentation
90 secs
LESSON PLAN
ACTIVITIES-
Attendance - By asking the students to introduce themselves (time duration- 30 secs)
Set Induction - Narrating the issues with banning smoking in public places (time duration- 30secs)