Teaching exchange. Case-based learning: integrating medical ethics and law into clinical practice.

The article discusses the development of case-based learning (CBL) for assessment of medical ethics and law (MEL) into the Student Selected Component (SSC) programme within the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) course in Great Britain. It mentions the goal of the CBL to address the poor integration of MEL with other parts of the curriculum as a key weakness within medical schools' curricula. It also notes the key lessons to improve the implementation of the approach.