Evaluating the Effect of the Medical Ethics Course on Increasing Knowledge of Professional Ethics Codes in Undergraduate Dentistry Students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Autor: Hanieh Rahmanian, Hossein Mahmoodian, Najmeh Mohammadi
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: مجله علوم پزشکی صدرا, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 231-242 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2322-4339
DOI: 10.30476/smsj.2023.93129.1305
Popis: Introduction: Awareness of ethics principles is fundamental to morality in professionalism. Medical ethics courses are the most important source of knowledge about professional ethics. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of these courses on increasing the knowledge of dentistry students about professional ethics codes.Methods: 51 dentistry students at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences who had taken themedical ethics course in 2018 were evaluated through a multiple choice questionnaire related to the ethics code, with confirmed validity and reliability through an earlier published study (Cronbach′s alpa= 0.7). The students’ knowledge was evaluated before and after the course. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 18 using the Wilcoxon test.Results: The mean score of the students' knowledge increased significantly after the course (74% versus 83%, P
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