Profession of Medicine 7 is a one-week course during the spring of the fourth year of medical school, and serves as a capstone review of medical ethics. The course consists of a series of student-presented and faculty-supervised clinical pathological conferences. Each presentation addresses actual medical ethical dilemmas that students have encountered during their medical school courses and clerkships. Students and faculty then lead small group discussions outlining the various ethical principles and approaches to these ethical dilemma.