Lowe M, Kerridge I, Bore M, Munro D, Powis D
Fiji School of Medicine, Fiji, and University of Newcastle, Australia.
J Med Ethics. 2001 Dec;27(6):404-8. doi: 10.1136/jme.27.6.404.
Questions surrounding the assessment of medical school applicants' morality are difficult but they are nevertheless important for medical schools to consider. It is probably inappropriate to attempt to assess medical school applicants' ethical knowledge, moral reasoning, or beliefs about ethical issues as these all may be developed during the process of education. Attitudes towards ethical issues and ethical sensitivity, however, might be tested in the context of testing for personality attributes. Before any "ethics" testing is introduced as part of screening for admission to medical school it would require validation. We suggest a number of ways in which this might be achieved.
围绕医学院校申请者道德评估的问题虽难,但医学院校加以考量却很重要。试图评估医学院校申请者的伦理知识、道德推理或对伦理问题的信念可能并不恰当,因为这些都可能在教育过程中形成。然而,对伦理问题的态度和伦理敏感度或许可以在个性特质测试的背景下进行考查。在将任何“伦理”测试作为医学院校入学筛选的一部分引入之前,都需要进行验证。我们提出了一些可能实现这一点的方法。