Malek J I, Geller G, Sugarman J
Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.
J Med Ethics. 2000 Apr;26(2):131-6. doi: 10.1136/jme.26.2.131.
Educational efforts in bioethics are prevalent, but little is known about their efficacy. Although previous work indicates that courses in bioethics have a demonstrable effect on medical students, it has not examined their effect on health care professionals. In this report, we describe a study designed to investigate the effect of bioethics education on health care professionals. At the Intensive Bioethics Course, a six-day course held annually at Georgetown University, we administered a questionnaire requiring open-ended responses to vignettes both before and after the course. Following the course, respondents defended their responses more carefully and articulated their thoughts more clearly. In addition, after the course respondents seemed to have a more subtle understanding of the relevant issues in the cases and applied theory to these cases more frequently. These findings help to formulate an understanding of the effect of bioethics education on health care professionals.
生物伦理学方面的教育工作很普遍,但对其效果却知之甚少。尽管先前的研究表明,生物伦理学课程对医科学生有明显影响,但尚未考察其对医疗保健专业人员的影响。在本报告中,我们描述了一项旨在调查生物伦理学教育对医疗保健专业人员影响的研究。在乔治敦大学每年举办的为期六天的强化生物伦理学课程中,我们在课程前后分别发放了一份问卷,要求对案例进行开放式回答。课程结束后,受访者对自己的回答进行了更仔细的辩护,并且更清晰地阐述了自己的想法。此外,课程结束后,受访者似乎对案例中的相关问题有了更微妙的理解,并且更频繁地将理论应用于这些案例。这些发现有助于形成对生物伦理学教育对医疗保健专业人员影响的认识。