Naslov
Moral Judgment Competencies in Medical Students - Is Medical Education out of Balance?

Autori
Kukolja Taradi, Sunčana ; Taradi, Milan ; Vrcić Keglević, Mladenka ; Antičević, Darko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
AMEE 2009 - Conference Abstracts (Volumen 12, suplement 2). Malaga, Spain, 29 Augus to 2 September 2009 / Baron Maldonado, Margarita - Barcelona : VIGUERA, Viguera Editores SL, 2009, 178-178

Skup
Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference

Mjesto i datum
Málaga, Španjolska, 29.08.2009. - 02.09.2009

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
moral judgment competencies; MJT; medical ethics; medical moral dilemmas
(medicinska etika; medicinska edukacija; MJT; kompetencije moralnog rasuđivanja; moralne dileme)

Sažetak
Background Although medical doctors face moral dilemmas every day and presumably have higher requirements for morally competent professional behavior than any other profession, medical students are mostly trained only to handle the scientific and technical aspects of the profession but not the moral. Available data world wide suggest that many medical students show little change in their moral development or even experience a decline of moral judgment competencies. Summary of work Lind's Moral Judgment Test (MJT) was used to assess moral judgment competences of medical students of 1st, 3rd, and 5th year at University of Zagreb Medical School. Summary of results Results from our cross-sectional study revealed that the MJT Competence-score (C-score) of tested medical students (N=182) showed a decline tendency, indicating a regression in their moral judgment competences. Students' C-score: 1st year = 21.27 ; 3rd year = 16.39 ; 5th year = 17.12. Conclusions Medical students get a highly sophisticated technical training but not the moral education needed to cope with the dilemmas that they are confronted with in their professional life. It seems like there is a hidden curriculum in the structure of medical education that prevents rather than fosters the development of moral judgment competencies. Take-home message For holistic development of medical students a change of the curriculum and organization of medical education is needed that will create an academic atmosphere fostering students' moral development.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Psihologija, Pedagogija

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