Knowledge and attitude toward professional ethics: A study among Iranian medical and nursing students’
نویسندگان
1 Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran
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4 Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran
5 Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Professional ethics is a set of principles and standards of human behavior thataffect individual behavior and leads to improve care that provided by medical staff. The presentstudy examined the knowledge and attitude of medical and nursing students toward professionalethics in Iran.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive‑analytic study was carried out on 176 medical andnursing students in Bam University of Medical Science, Iran in 2019. In this study, students wereselected by census sampling. Data collected using two researcher‑made questionnaires related toknowledge and attitude toward professional ethics. Data were analyzed in SPSS software.RESULTS: The mean scores of knowledge among nursing and medical students were 86.56 (8.76)and 85.10 (12.19), respectively. The mean score of attitude among nursing and medical studentswas 127.06 (12.45) and 129.9 (11.88), respectively. Results of the Pearson correlation test showed apositive and significant associated between the score of knowledge and attitude nursing and medicalstudents’ (P < 0.001), (r = 0.76) (r = 0.66). Among the demographics characteristics, student agewas associated to their attitude and knowledge significantly (P = 0.03).CONCLUSION: Iranian nursing and medical students have a positive attitude and a high level ofknowledge about professional ethics. A high level of knowledge was related to the most positiveattitude.
