Sunnybrook Education is pleased to present a feature blog on moral distress by Ryan Herriot, an opinion blogger for healthydebate.ca. The blog is written from the perspective of a University of Western Ontario 3rd year medical student . An excerpt of the blog is included below:

“As a 3^rd year medical student, I am a junior member (also known as a clinical clerk) of a large health care team. Throughout my rotations, situations arise where – if I was in charge – I would do things differently.  Most of the time, these differences in style or approach are minor in nature and not worth talking about.  Every so often, however, an incident occurs where things are done so contrary to my own values that it can be quite upsetting.  In health care, we call this feeling “moral distress.”

Every so often, however, an incident occurs where things are done so contrary to my own values that it can be quite upsetting.  In health care, we call this feeling “moral distress.”

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