Bioethics and the humanization of health care are the strategic center of the discussions about the need for changes in medical education. In this paper the authors discuss these themes in an articulated approach, defending its insertion across the curriculum. We understand that the mere recognition of the relevance of these themes or even their presence in the curriculum are not sufficient for promoting changes in the profile of the professionals. Such changes can only be expected using an appropriate approach. The authors therefore propose the preparation of training programs directed to the teaching body (especially to those members not directly involved with ethics or bioethics teaching) and defend the importance of a judicious choice of pedagogical methods and techniques based on theoretical fundaments explaining the development of moral and ethical competence.
Medical education; Medical teaching; Moral education; Bioethics; Humanization of healthcare; Moral development; Faculty, medical