Moral competency of students at a german medical school - A longitudinal survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical students and doctors face various challenges in clinical practice. Some of these challenges are related to ethical issues. Therefore, teaching ethics respectively building moral competences has become an integral part of the medical curriculum in Germany and many other countries. To date, there is little evidence on moral competence of medical students.

Methods

Self-administered survey among medical students from one German medical school in the first (cohort 1) and fifth semester (cohort 2) in the winter term 2019/20 (T0). Both cohorts received the same questionnaire one year later in winter term 2020/21 (T1). Assessment was performed with Lind's Moral Competence Test. We performed convenience sampling. We analyzed the data with descriptive statistics and

SUBMITTER: Nadolny S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11201357 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature