The Ethics Program develops and refines the ethics curriculum for the UT Southwestern Academic Colleges. Since 2009 the Ethics Program has provided developmentally relevant ethics case material to the Colleges curriculum in the MS1-3 years. The Colleges provide an environment where small groups of students work closely with faculty mentors through formal weekly meetings and more informal interactions. The content of these interactions is meant to be closely aligned with the UT Southwestern Medical School curriculum.

The MS-1 Colleges Ethics Program provides seven cases for that Colleges year, including:

• Scholastic Integrity
• Appearance
• Genethics
• Disclosure
• End-of-Life Issues
• Sexual Boundaries
• Liver Transplant Case

In the MS-2 and MS-3 years, current MS-3s discuss selected reflective case essays with their junior colleagues in the MS-2 year. These reflective essays address professional and ethical issues faced by the clerkship students, both giving the MS-2s a preview and preparing them for the difficult ethical issues they will face in their own clerkship year.