A Questionnaire-survey on Attitude for Bioethics Education of 5th-year Medical Students of Niigata University / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

We conducted a questionnaire survey on medical students' attitude on bioethics education. The survey was conducted at the beginning of bioethics courses for fifth-year students from 1997 through 1999. The results suggest that students who had relatively stronger interest in bioethics considered themselves to be “generalist-oriented doctors” rather than “specialist-oriented doctors” and were interested in nonmedical academic fields. Teaching of most bioethical issues was evaluated as not being sufficient for the students' level of interest. Many students thought that bioethics should be taught repeatedly throughout their medical education and that more time should be dedicated to case discussion.