Use of casuistry in the process of teaching-learning of bioethics in health

Abstract

There are several bioethical models capable of contributing to decision making in health. The casuistic model works with the analysis of real cases for decision making regarding bioethical problems. It is conducted with 16 academic scholars from the health field with the objective of identifying academic experiences in the teaching-learning process of bioethics. It uses the case method, based on the casuistic model. It is a descriptive, qualitative study using thematic analysis, where two categories emerged: “the difficulty of practical application of paradigms and analogies in the casuistic model’’ and ‘’how the casuistic model facilitates the formation of ethical positioning and the decision making process’’. From the reported experiences, it is concluded that the casuistic model significantly contributes to decision making in bioethical issues and assists in the teaching- -learning process of bioethics during undergraduate study in the health field.

Bioethics; Health sciences; Decision making; Teaching; Teaching materials