Yacoub A A, Ajeel N A
College of Medicine, University of Basra, Basra, Iraq.
East Mediterr Health J. 2000 Jul;6(4):687-92.
The University of Basra Medical College introduced a course on medical ethics for undergraduate students in 1994. We explored the opinions of 54 graduates and 52 final-year medical students about the benefits they perceive they gained from the course and its relevance to their training or practice. About 31% of students and 34% of graduates thought the course was practically and theoretically useful. Over 80% of graduates and students thought the course was either very relevant or relevant to some extent to the practice of medicine. When asked to recall the important ethical issues taught in the course, 52% of graduates and 44% of students listed patient-doctor relationship. Confidentiality, physician liability and ethical issues concerning recent medical innovations were listed by few respondents. Only 6% of both graduates and students were able to list the four principles of medical ethics as described by Raanan. The self-learning component of the course should be developed to strengthen ethical reasoning and judgment in decision-making.
巴士拉大学医学院于1994年为本科生开设了医学伦理学课程。我们探讨了54名毕业生和52名医学专业最后一年学生对他们认为从该课程中获得的益处以及该课程与他们的培训或实践的相关性的看法。约31%的学生和34%的毕业生认为该课程在实践和理论上都有用。超过80%的毕业生和学生认为该课程与医学实践非常相关或在某种程度上相关。当被要求回忆课程中讲授的重要伦理问题时，52%的毕业生和44%的学生列出了医患关系。很少有受访者列出保密、医生责任以及与近期医学创新相关的伦理问题。只有6%的毕业生和学生能够列出拉阿南所描述的医学伦理学的四项原则。该课程的自学部分应加以完善，以加强决策中的伦理推理和判断。
