Knowledge and awareness of medical ethics among medical graduates from two medical colleges in Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Waqas Rabbani, Muhammad Mujtaba, Farooq Naeem, Ehsan Ullah.
Abstract
Objective: To compare the knowledge and awareness of a group of doctors who had studied medical ethics as students with those who had not.
Methodology: This case control study was conducted in Lahore in 2012-13. It compared knowledge of two groups of house officers who were and were not taught Behavioral Sciences and ethics as under graduates.
Results: Out of 192 doctors surveyed, graduates from one medical college, who had been taught and examined in the subject of Behavioral Sciences were significantly better aware of the knowledge about medical ethics, as compared to graduates of another medical college, who had not been taught or examined in the subject of Behavioral Sciences.
Conclusion: Including medical ethics in graduate studies curriculum can improve medical graduates knowledge in this area.
Key words: Medical ethics. physician, patient, behavioural sciences
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