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Students’ Medical Ethics Rounds

Assessment of Students’ Medical Ethics Rounds (SMER) on knowledge, attitude, and ethical sensitivity of medical students

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT2013050413221N1
Enrollment
300
Registered
2016-05-30
Start date
2012-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Condition 1: Medical Education. Condition 2: Medical ethics.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Theater play for real medical ethics case. Intervention 2: Large group discussion on the presented medical ethics problem. Intervention 3: Summarizing discussions and answering the que
Theater play for real medical ethics case
Large group discussion on the presented medical ethics problem
Summarizing discussions and answering the questions of students by ethics and clinical professors
Showing movies regarding the opinions of patients, health-care providers, professors and students.
Role-playing of students for deciding in face with medical ethics problems of each round
Role-modeling by professors for the clinical ethical problem role-played by students.
Giving pamphlet including summary of practical ways of deciding in case of medical ethics problems discussed in each round

Sponsors

Students' Scientific Research Center (SSRC)-Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All medical students participating in rounds who fill the pretest and post-test questionnaires are included/ the students who do not fill the questionnaires are excluded.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Knowledge of Medical Ethics regarding the round's topic of medical ethics problem. Timepoint: Beginning and end of each round. Method of measurement: Researcher's made questionnaire.;Attitude of Medical Ethics regarding the round's topic of medical ethics problem. Timepoint: Beginning and end of each round. Method of measurement: Researcher's made questionnaire.;Confidences of Medical Students regarding the round's topic of medical ethics problem. Timepoint: Beginning and end of each round. Method of measurement: Researcher's made questionnaire.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Participants' reflections on each medical education intervention. Timepoint: End of each round. Method of measurement: Reflections form with 5-point Likert scale.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactFatemeh Moghadas

Students' Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences

fateme_moghaddas@yahoo.com+98 21 6684 0134

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026