Medical students' involvement in patient care

Ina recent issue of The Journal of Clinical Ethics, Peter A. Ubel and Ari S ilver-Isenstadt reported on patients' willingness to participate in medical education.(1) Their findings and other data they refer to suggest that pat ients are generally willing to interact with medical students, but that thi s willingness may vary depending upon the clinical setting. The authors con cluded that patients hold a right to information regarding students' partic ipation in their care and that openness in this regard is valuable. The Cou ncil on Ethical and judicial Affairs (CEJA) of the American Medical Associa tion (AMA) recently developed a policy that addresses the issues that were investigated by Ubel and Silver-Isenstadt.