Journal article
Evaluation of teaching medical ethics by an assessment of moral reasoning
Medical education, Vol.26(3), pp.178-184
Received 26 June 1990; editorial comments to authors 24 September 1990; accepted for publication 10 December 1991
05/1992
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1992.tb00151.x
PMID: 1614342
Abstract
Summary. This study assessed the hypothesis that the formal teaching of medical ethics promotes a significant increase in the growth and development of moral reasoning in medical students. Results indicated a statistically significant increase (P ≤ 0.0005) in the level of moral reasoning of students exposed to a medical ethics course compared to the control group that was not exposed to the medical ethics course. When the posttest scores were adjusted by subtracting the pretest scores, the differences were even more significant (P ≤ 0.0002). This study confirmed similar findings of another study using a different instrument of assessment. Brief discussion is given of the fundamental premise that the appropriate function of teaching medical ethics in our modern pluralistic society is to improve students’ moral reasoning about value issues regardless of what their particular set of moral values happens to be. 1992 Blackwell Publishing
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evaluation of teaching medical ethics by an assessment of moral reasoning
- Creators
- D.J. Self - Texas A&M UniversityD C Baldwin Jr - Division of Medical Education Research and Information, American Medical Association, Chicago, IllinoisF. D. Wolinsky - Indiana University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Medical education, Vol.26(3), pp.178-184
- Edition
- Received 26 June 1990; editorial comments to authors 24 September 1990; accepted for publication 10 December 1991
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1992.tb00151.x
- PMID
- 1614342
- ISSN
- 0308-0110
- eISSN
- 1365-2923
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1992
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984364433202771
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