فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

CONTEXT: Medical ethics is a practical subject as well as a branch of ethical philosophy and anintegral part of the proper practice in medicine. However, the ethics changes in places and over timeand is variable. Furthermore, many issues that have occurred as a result of advances in technologyadd to the complexity of the ethical issues. Therefore, the objective of this research was to exploremedical teachers’ and interns’ experiences regarding professional ethics.METHODS: This study was a qualitative content analysis conducted on 10 professionals and 10interns of the surgery and internal departments of medical and educational centers in Qom Universityof Medical Sciences to discover their experiences of the medical professional ethics. The samplingmethod was purposive, and data were collected through semi‑structured interviews. Data analysiswas performed using a qualitative content analysis method with a conventional approach.RESULTS: Three main categories were obtained from the data analysis, including adherence toprofessional values, organizational conditions, and individual characteristics.CONCLUSIONS: Adherence to professional values, paying attention to individual characteristics,and organizational conditions are among the factors affecting the promotion of medical professionalethics; therefore, it seems that appropriate interventions on these important components can helppromote the professional ethics training in the clinical practice.