Is it a good idea to take medical ethics with patho?

[natmanzo]

So for my winter semester, I only need one more pre-req course and thats patho. I was wondering if I should take medical ethics with it as well? Or should I focus on passing patho?

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

Good day, natmanzo:

You continue to ask good questions. This is hard to answer as it will depend on the ethics class. What I recommend doing is check with the professor(s) with whom you would take the ethics class to see if you can get a syllabus in advance; also do this for the pathophysiology class. Then working backwards from any projects, draft out when you would work on what (i.e. paper, quiz, exam, discussion, etc.) figuring out the time commitment. Then ask yourself, can you do it.

If it helps, for pathophysiology, I'm spending 20 to 24 hours per week between class time and study time in order to do well. I'm slow in certain areas, so if you pick up certain things quickly, you might spend less time. I'm taking abnormal psychology, and that's going well too. I'm sharing that in terms of taking patho with another class (abnormal psyc has just one paper to write; ethics might have a lot more though).

Thank you.