ERIC Number: EJ1485513
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Sep
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1570-1727
EISSN: EISSN-1572-8544
Available Date: 2024-08-20
To Determine the Effectiveness of Current Ethical Teachings in Medical Students and Ways to Reform This Aspect
Rida Saleem1; Syeda Zainab Fatima1; Roha Shafaut1; Asifa Maqbool1; Faiza Zakaria1; Saba Zaheer1; Musfirah Danyal Barry1; Haris Jawaid1; Fauzia Imtiaz1
Journal of Academic Ethics, v23 n3 p1211-1219 2025
To determine the effectiveness of current ethical teaching and to suggest ways to reform the current ethical curriculum in light of students' perspectives and experiences. Students of Dow Medical College were selected for this cross-sectional study conducted between the year 2020 till 2023. The sample size was 387, calculated by OpenEpi. A questionnaire consisting of 17 close-ended questions was used to collect data from participants selected via stratified random sampling. The questionnaire consisted of two parts. The first part included the demographics. While the second contained 15 questions designed to assess the participants' current teaching of ethics and effective ways to further improve it. The data obtained were analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics 26. Out of the 376 students who gave consent, the majority of the respondents (64.6%) encountered situations where they felt that their current teaching of ethics was insufficient and (54%) believed that the current teaching of ethics could be improved and made further effective. Practical sessions, PBLs (problem-based learning), case analysis, and ward visits were some of the ways the participants believed could help improve the teaching of medical ethics. Most students (92.8%) agreed that external factors like burnout and excessive workload have an impact on medical professionals' ethical practices. In light of our study, a refined curriculum with a focus on ethical teaching must be established, with input from students to ensure that the medical students have the necessary expertise to manage an ethical dilemma.
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Medical Students, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Informed Consent, Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Burnout
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Baba-E-Urdu Road, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan

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