Introduction of Active Educational Methods in Medical Ethics Education and Evaluations of Their Effect on Medical Students.
- VernacularTitle:医療倫理の教育における能動的学習法の試みと医学生への教育効果
- Author:
Yohei FUKUMOTO
;
Fujio MURAKAMI
;
Masato SEGUCHI
;
Setsu KOBAYAKAWA
;
Yuka ITO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
clinical ethics;
active educational method;
small-group discussion
- From:Medical Education
2000;31(2):77-81
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
We introduced active educational methods in medical ethics education and evaluated their effect on medical students. Three methods were used: 1) small-group discussion to clarify the clinical ethical issues, 2) self-study to analyze examples of doctors' explanations to patients, and 3) self-study with videotapes to recognize informed consent. We asked students to write a report on each subject of the three studies. Before grading their reports, we determined a standard answer for each subject and marked their reports according to an absolute standard. We found the mean value and standard error of the students' scores in study 1 were significantly higher than those in study 2 or 3. These results suggest that small-group discussion is an effective educational method and useful in the analysis of clinical ethical issues.
