The state of ethics education at medical schools in Turkey: taking stock and looking forward.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethics teaching is globally considered an essential part of medical education fostering professionalism. It does not only provide knowledge for good clinical conduct, but also trains medical students as virtuous practitioners. Although Turkey has had a considerable experience in ethics education of healthcare professionals, the general state of ethics curricula at medical schools in Turkey is unknown.

Methods

The purpose of this study was to collect comprehensive data about the ethics education programs at medical schools in Turkey. To this aim, we designed a cross-sectional descriptive questionnaire survey which focuses on the content, teaching years, teaching, assessment and evaluation methodologies, workforce and infrastructure. We delivered the questionnaire t

SUBMITTER: Kavas MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245803 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature