RESEARCH ON MIDWIFERY STUDENT’S ETHICAL SUSCEPTIBILITY ON PATIENT CARE PRACTICES

2016-07-10T18-38-49Z
Source: Journal of Contemporary Medicine
Yasemin AYDIN, Yurdanur Dikmen, Sare Cansu Kalkan.
Objective: Objective of this research is examining last grade students ethical susceptibility includes their susceptibility towards ethics, ethical codes and ethical dilemmas who are candidates to midwifery profession. Method: The research which is planned as descriptive one was carried out with intern students who study at Health College Midwifery Department of a public university between January-February 2016. Sample of the research contains 52 volunteer students. Questionnaire form which comprise of two parts was used in order to collect data. Students characteristics and opinions about ethics are asked in the first part. Ethical Susceptibility Questionnaire Findings: Students average age is 22.36±1.75. That are detected that 48.1 percent of students do not know occupational ethic codes, and 40.4 percent of students stated that ethics education does not suffice in curriculum, and 63.5 percent of students need ethics education. 57.7 percent of students stated that they experienced ethical problems during internship, and 46 percent of students who experienced ethical problems stated that they could not solve the ethical problems that they have faced. It is detected that students total point of ethical susceptibility is 86.81±20.86 (between 30-210 points). Results and Suggestions: It is found out that midwifery students ethical susceptibility is at medium level. It can be suggested that their curriculum before graduation should be enhanced in terms of augmentation of candidate midwifery students ethical susceptibility and recognition and providing a solution of ethical problems.


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