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Abstract:Ethics of research involves the application of ultimate ethical principles to scientific... more Abstract:Ethics of research involves the application of ultimate ethical principles to scientific
research, data collection and publication. (1)
Publication of a research article is a fundamental part of the general research work as it
is considered the last step of a scientific project. Publishing ethics can be defined as the ethical
behavior followed in writing and submitting a scientific manuscript for publication in a peerreviewed
journal. (2)
However, in the drive to get their work published, researchers may forget the ethics that
should be followed in scientific publishing resulting in many ethical breaches that will be
apparent as scientific misconduct. (2)
Keywords: knowledge, practices, publication, ethics, Alexandria, medicine
Abstract Introduction There is a remarkably growing interest in the field of medical ethics educa... more Abstract
Introduction There is a remarkably growing interest in the field of medical ethics education among the health
care professionals. The lack of reliable testing tool designed to quantitatively measure the effects of these
teaching programs resulted in lack of data on the effect of medical ethics teaching programs. Aim: to divulge
the opinion of undergraduate students in the course of medical ethics in order to improve the teaching
methods and to assess the usefulness and applicability of the undergraduate course of medical ethics among
students in preclinical years in both national and international educational programs offered by Faculty of
Medicine, Alexandria University.
Subjects and methods: A descriptive cross sectional survey was conducted on two hundred undergraduate
medical students randomly selected from the clinical phase (fourth, fifth and sixth) years, from both national
and international educational programs at the Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University (through the
academic year 2012-2013). An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was developed. It includes
students’characteristics, students’opinion about medical ethics course, ethical behavior and problems faced
during their clinical training. Furthermore, their information about the Ethics Committee of Alexandria
Faculty of Medicine was assessed. After data collection, the raw data was coded and scored and a coding
instruction manual was prepared. Data were fed to the computer and statistical analysis was performed using
SPSS.
Results: more than half of the participating students stated that they got moderate benefit from ME course. A
highest percentage of them favored an integrated ethics course to be taught all through the three practical
years. About half of respondents (50.5%) of the present study were satisfied with most of ME course lecturers.
48.5% of the students preferred to have practical application sessions throughout the course. Malpractice as
stated by (61.5%) was the most important ethical problems in which the responders were interested in getting
updated feedback about how can they behave in each case . Informed consent took the highest percentage by
46% of recall among the students. The majority of responding students (81.8%) believed that it is important to
include a section on research ethics in the ME course. Bad doctor-patient relationship was the main criticism
of complaining students during their clinical rounds. 69.1% of respondents stated that if they faced ethical
problem they are consulting seniors. More than two thirds of responding students (64.4%) did not have
knowledge about the presence of Ethics Committee in Alexandria Faculty of Medicine.
Conclusion: The study shows up the importance of updating the medical ethics course for the undergraduate
students to be integrated throughout the six academic years and to depend mainly on practical applications
Alexandria Journal of Medicine, 2012
ABSTRACT
Abstract:Ethics of research involves the application of ultimate ethical principles to scientific... more Abstract:Ethics of research involves the application of ultimate ethical principles to scientific
research, data collection and publication. (1)
Publication of a research article is a fundamental part of the general research work as it
is considered the last step of a scientific project. Publishing ethics can be defined as the ethical
behavior followed in writing and submitting a scientific manuscript for publication in a peerreviewed
journal. (2)
However, in the drive to get their work published, researchers may forget the ethics that
should be followed in scientific publishing resulting in many ethical breaches that will be
apparent as scientific misconduct. (2)
Keywords: knowledge, practices, publication, ethics, Alexandria, medicine
Abstract Introduction There is a remarkably growing interest in the field of medical ethics educa... more Abstract
Introduction There is a remarkably growing interest in the field of medical ethics education among the health
care professionals. The lack of reliable testing tool designed to quantitatively measure the effects of these
teaching programs resulted in lack of data on the effect of medical ethics teaching programs. Aim: to divulge
the opinion of undergraduate students in the course of medical ethics in order to improve the teaching
methods and to assess the usefulness and applicability of the undergraduate course of medical ethics among
students in preclinical years in both national and international educational programs offered by Faculty of
Medicine, Alexandria University.
Subjects and methods: A descriptive cross sectional survey was conducted on two hundred undergraduate
medical students randomly selected from the clinical phase (fourth, fifth and sixth) years, from both national
and international educational programs at the Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University (through the
academic year 2012-2013). An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was developed. It includes
students’characteristics, students’opinion about medical ethics course, ethical behavior and problems faced
during their clinical training. Furthermore, their information about the Ethics Committee of Alexandria
Faculty of Medicine was assessed. After data collection, the raw data was coded and scored and a coding
instruction manual was prepared. Data were fed to the computer and statistical analysis was performed using
SPSS.
Results: more than half of the participating students stated that they got moderate benefit from ME course. A
highest percentage of them favored an integrated ethics course to be taught all through the three practical
years. About half of respondents (50.5%) of the present study were satisfied with most of ME course lecturers.
48.5% of the students preferred to have practical application sessions throughout the course. Malpractice as
stated by (61.5%) was the most important ethical problems in which the responders were interested in getting
updated feedback about how can they behave in each case . Informed consent took the highest percentage by
46% of recall among the students. The majority of responding students (81.8%) believed that it is important to
include a section on research ethics in the ME course. Bad doctor-patient relationship was the main criticism
of complaining students during their clinical rounds. 69.1% of respondents stated that if they faced ethical
problem they are consulting seniors. More than two thirds of responding students (64.4%) did not have
knowledge about the presence of Ethics Committee in Alexandria Faculty of Medicine.
Conclusion: The study shows up the importance of updating the medical ethics course for the undergraduate
students to be integrated throughout the six academic years and to depend mainly on practical applications
Alexandria Journal of Medicine, 2012
ABSTRACT