Definition of character for medical education based on expert opinions in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This follow-up study focused on 3 overarching questions: what keywords can be extracted from experts’ definitions of character?; what is the operational definition of character for medical students?; and what possible solutions can be suggested to address the issues of character education that were identified in the previous study?

Methods

Sixty-three medical education experts recruited through expert sampling and 19 non-medical education experts recruited through snowball sampling answered a questionnaire that addressed the 3 major questions of the study. The responses were analyzed for descriptive statistics with supplementary keyword extraction tools, including the Cortical and Monkey keyword extractors.

Results

A total of 93 definitional statements were co

SUBMITTER: Hur Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8577989 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature