Posted: February 26th, 2023

Ethics Application Reflection

PHRC 4962 / PHRM 596

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Essentials of Professional Practice
II

Ethics Application Reflection
Winter Semester 2022

INSTRUCTIONS

Use materials covered as part of this course (posted in Canvas and from in-class activities) and
from elsewhere to answer the following questions. These questions are reflective inquiries,
answer accordingly. In other words, reflect.

• Use the process discussed for analyzing ethical situations

• Reflect on key points

ETHICS VOCABULARY (4 points)

 What is your favorite ethical concept?

 Why?

ETHICS IN HEALTH CARE (5 points each)

Case #1

 Write up the case below using the systemic approach discussed in class and
found in Buerki et al., in this specific instance, to discover the right moral
decision for you:

You, the chief hospital pharmacist, hired a new technician about 3 months
ago. The technician was the daughter of one of your closest family friends.
She appeared very personable, competent and dependable.

After 3 months, the pharmacy’s inventory records showed a shortage of
promethazine dextromethorphan. After watching the pharmacy personnel,
the new tech was observed putting the drug into the wastebasket. When
she went home at the end of the shift, she would empty the
wastebasket.

How would you handle this situation?

 Provide responses for each component discussing an ethical case in
arriving at your solution.

 Be sure to consider as many consequences as possible

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EPP-2 Ethics Application Reflection Winter Semester 2021 (continued)

Case #2

 Write up the case below using the systemic approach discussed in Buerki et
al., in this specific instance, to discover th e right moral decision:

On a busy night in your pharmacy (outpatient hospital setting), a
member of the hospital board comes in with her sick child and asks that
you fill his prescription right away.

The child has a sore throat and red eyes, and he appears subdued, but

alert. You have a full pharmacy with about a 90-minute wait time.

What should you do?

What if she asks for the brand-named drug (non-formulary)?

 Provide responses for each component discussing an ethical case in
arriving at your solution.

 Be sure to consider as many consequences as possible

Format

This application reflection must be posted before the stated deadline. Your reflection should be
formatted in the same matter as the questions, with the question number listed and the
corresponding answer given below it. Your answer to each question should provide evidence of
a deep reflection on the topic asked.

Grading

This assignment is the comprehensive, end-of-Module assessment for this material; it is worth
14% of your overall course grade. Your efforts to answer these questions should reflect the
significance of the assignment.

This assignment will be graded on your reflective insight, critical thinking involved in your
answers, and relevance to the modules presented.

Reflections must be posted by the due date using 12-point, Times New Roman font, and
1.5-line spacing.

Due Date

Your Comprehensive EOS Reflective Assessment must be posted before Saturday, 26 February
2022 at 23:55. You may upload this Learning Activity earlier if you wish.

Please post this Ethics Application Reflection as Microsoft Word document only

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