Educational Materials for Lectures in Bioethics Education / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

The type of educational material most suitable for lectures in ethics education has not been determined. This study specifically examined which type of informational materials is most useful for understanding bioethical issues materials in which a correct answer is shown (complete information type) or materials in which a correct is not shown (question type). The author found that the self-assessed understanding of bioethical issues by nursing students was greater with question-type materials than with complete information-type materials. In contrast, medical students' understanding of bioethical issues was not affected by the type of informational material. These results indicate that the understanding of bioethics can be enhanced by exploratory materials but may also be dependent on existing knowledge.