Abstract

CAMARGO, Aline; ALMEIDA, Margareth Aparecida Santini de  and  MORITA, Ione. Ética e bioética: o que os alunos do sexto ano médico têm a dizer. Rev. Bras. Educ. Med. [online]. 2014, vol.38, n.02, pp.182-189. ISSN 1981-5271.

Ethical and bioethical training is essential to the humanization of care as recommended by Brazilian health policy and to the development of a critically-minded professional. Recent studies have shown that ethics and bioethics are afforded limited class hours in medicine courses. Their importance is also noteworthy in light of the high number of complaints against doctors that are received by the Regional Medical Councils. This study aimed at identifying the perception of sixth year medical students concerning bioethical issues. Self-applicable questionnaires containing open-ended and closed-ended questions were presented to the students. Seventy out of ninety registered students answered them. Students considered curricular academic training and practical examples given by teachers as important sources for learning ethics and bioethics. On the other hand, dissatisfaction was expressed regarding how the topic is approached in undergraduate courses. The study highlighted shortcomings in education which must be resolved in order to enhance ethical training and medical practice.

Keywords : Ethics; Bioethics; Medical Ethics; Medical Students; Medical Education.

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