Ethical values in college education: a mixed-methods pilot study to assess health sciences students' perceptions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Society demands a university education grounded on ethical principles. Education in ethics values is responsibility of universities but will not be viable unless also adopted by directly responsible agents, the teachers who work with the students. For this reason, our primary research objective was to conduct an in-depth analysis of how Health Sciences students self-perceive the ethical dimension.

Methods

A mixed research methodology with two phases, qualitative and quantitative, allowed us to address our research question from two complementary viewpoints. Conversational interviews were conducted in an intentional and purposive sample to identify a wide range of discursive representations. A questionnaire was designed based on previous studies and the topics of q

SUBMITTER: Hernando A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6278160 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature