Teaching and learning of ethics in Ophthalmology: The perceptions of undergraduate medical students
Journal Title: Journal of Education Technology in Health Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Purpose of Study This study was aimed to uncover the perceptions of undergraduate students specifically pertaining to their experiences of ethics teaching and their opinions of the value of such teaching MethodologyWe used a mixed methods design involving 148 students through a sequential exploratory strategy Three ethics sessions revolved around the teaching of ethics in Ophthalmology after which the participants were interviewed using openended questions The data was analysed by coding categorisation and the subsequent derivation of themes The quantitative analysis was done through a questionnaire survey to further explore the students preference on teaching methodologiesResultsMajority students perceive the objective of ethics teaching is to help them to become a better doctor to better equip them to deal with ethical dilemmas in the future to improve their social skills and to help them to avoid legal complications The preferred formats of learning ethics as expressed by participants was scenario based discussion 29 debate 25 selfdirected learning 24 lectures 22ConclusionThe common theme emerged from the qualitative analysis was that students wanted to learn ethics in order to help to make them better doctors Scenario based discussion was the indicated preferred teaching method expressed by studentsKeyword Ethics Teaching Students Perception
Authors and Affiliations
Soumendra Sahoo, Rajiv Gupta, Saurabh Shrivastava, Shahzaib Rehan, Prabhu Venkatesan
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- DOI 10.18231/2393-8005.2018.0027
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