Knowledge, Attitude and Practices on medical ethics among students of a medical college in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: - Ethics is a science of moral values or principles. The principle objective of the medical profession is to render service to humanity with full respect. Ethics teaching has shown to have influence on the professionalism and moral qualities of medical professionals. Objectives: - 1) To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of medical ethics among undergraduate students. 2) To compare the scores of students at different levels of seniority of students in the college. Methodology: - A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out using a self-administered questionnaire among undergraduate medical students of Second MBBS to Final MBBS .Out of 375 total students, 335 of them participated in the study . Analysis: - Data was analysed by proportion and mean score using SPSS version 16. Attitudinal questions response options were given a score, with the most desirable response receiving highest number. Each student total score was categorised as poor, fair, good and very good.Result:- Majority of students (38.5%) agreed that awareness of medical ethics was extremely important. Clinical Training was the source of knowledge and preferred mode of teaching. Nearly half of the respondents (57.6%) had good score. There was no increase in scores corresponding with additional years of medical education. Conclusion: - The study highlights lack of awareness of medical ethics among medical students. To strengthen this awareness clinically oriented measures like case study, workshops etc should be conducted.
Authors and Affiliations
Rashmi Gour Patel, Umadevi R. , Krishnakumar J. , Tahira Begum
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