Exploring moral competence regression: a narrative approach in medical ethics education for medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies from different countries report a stagnation or regression of moral competence in medical students between the first and the last year of their studies, and the value of various educational interventions remains uncertain.

Methods

We used Moral Competence Test (MCT) to measure C-scores of moral competence to determine the change in the MCT C-scores between the first- and the fifth-year medical students from two medical schools in the Czech Republic in the academic year 2022/2023 and to analyze factors associated with the C-scores (observational study). In addition, for the first-year students, we compared the results of the MCT before and after an intervention in medical ethics curriculum (interventional study). We used a cross-sectional and descriptive de

SUBMITTER: Zielina M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11191321 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature