Philosophy and ethics in medicine is an interesting and often fascinating topic of enquiry, however uptake amongst medical students is highly variable and it is often regarded as a nonessential component of the medical curriculum. Medical students themselves are often overwhelmed by the demands of medical study, and cite high rates of burnout. This paper describes a novel intervention provided at Western Sydney University as part of the Professional Development curriculum, which provided three broad tutorial interventions in their first clinical year. The tutorials gave an overview regarding philosophy theory, but are specifically designed to encourage resilience amongst students. The tutorials were highly regarded and represent a novel way of engaging young doctors. It is suggested that orienting philosophy teaching towards issues immediately relevant to training doctors can greatly improve student acceptability.

医学的哲学和伦理学是一个有趣且经常令人着迷的研究主题，但是医学生的学习差异很大，并且通常被认为是医学课程中不必要的组成部分。医学生本身常常对医学研究的要求不知所措，并指出倦怠率很高。本文介绍了西悉尼大学作为“专业发展”课程的一部分提供的一种新颖干预措施，该方法在其临床第一年就提供了三种广泛的辅导措施。这些教程对哲学理论进行了概述，但它们是专门为鼓励学生恢复能力而设计的。这些教程受到高度重视，代表了一种吸引年轻医生的新颖方式。