Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine
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Caspian J Intern Med
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Challenges of the Curriculum of PhD in Medical Ethics in Iran: A Qualitative Study
Legal Medicine
Original Article
Original Article
<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:14pt"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b><i><span style="color:blue">Background</span></i></b><i><span style="color:blue">:</span></i> Bioethics is the foundation of medical practices, and can be applied in the different levels of medicine. In Iran, Medical Ethics started to be taught in the form of PhD course in Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) in 2007. Although many aspects of this plan are successfully implemented, some deficits also are frequently pointed out by many professors and students. The purpose of this study was to recognize the deficits and weaknesses of the current curriculum.<span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></span></span><br>
<span style="line-height:14pt"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b><i><span style="color:blue">Methods:</span></i></b> This study was a qualitative descriptive type which was conducted based on semi-structured deep interview with open questions. The sample population of this research was composed of faculty members in Medical Ethics department of TUMS, students and graduates of PhD in Medical Ethics and also, the experts who worked on codification of the initial curriculum.<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></i></span></span><br>
<span style="line-height:14pt"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b><i><span style="color:blue">Results:</span></i></b> Overall, eleven individuals were interviewed. In general, “Practical application”, “Feeling the Need”, “Professional Doctorate”, “Human Sciences”, “Paramedical”, “Possible”, “Impossible”, “Defining the Discipline Nature”, “Student Attraction”, “Professor”, “Training”, “Evaluation Procedure”, “Student Admission”, “Educational Content”, “Teaching Method”, :Student Evaluation”, and “Course Management” were the main themes.<b><i><span style="color:blue"></span></i></b></span></span><br>
<span style="line-height:14pt"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b><i><span style="color:blue">Conclusion</span></i></b><i><span style="color:blue">:</span></i> With<b> </b>regard to the deficiencies in Medical Ethics training and also, the problems identified through interviews, it seems that a great deal of problems are possible to solve if Medical Ethics is considered an interdisciplinary field instead a monodisciplinary one. One of the main purposes in interdisciplinary fields is investigating, analyzing and introducing measures for issues and problems that cannot be known and solved by a single discipline.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:14pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="color:#0033cc"></span></span></i></b></span></span></span>
Ethics, Medical, Education, Curriculum
498
510
http://caspjim.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1551-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Fatemeh
Khansari
fkhansari183@gmail.com
100319475328460037534
100319475328460037534
Yes
Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Fariba
Asghari
fasghari@tums.ac.ir
100319475328460037535
100319475328460037535
No
Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Sara
Mortaz Hejri
saramhejri@yahoo.com
100319475328460037536
100319475328460037536
No
Department of Medical Education, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Fatane
Bathaie
farda2004@yahoo.com
100319475328460037537
100319475328460037537
No
Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Bagher
Larijani
emrc@sina.tums.ac.ir
100319475328460037538
100319475328460037538
No
Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran