Maryam Mohammadi, Shabnam Mohammadi, Ali Mehri, Fatemeh Bagheri Mazraeh
{"title":"Investigation of moral intelligence's predictive components in students of Shahid Beheshti university of medical sciences (SBMU).","authors":"Maryam Mohammadi, Shabnam Mohammadi, Ali Mehri, Fatemeh Bagheri Mazraeh","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i13.4389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i13.4389","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to investigate dominant predictor components of moral intelligence (MI) based on the Lennick and Kiel's model in students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU). In this descriptive-analytical study, 322 students of SBMU were chosen through cluster sampling. To collect data, a 40-item questionnaire, whose validity and reliability was confirmed in previous studies, based on the Lennick and Kiel's model was used. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS 21 software using appropriate descriptive and analytical statistics. Of 322 participants, 180 and 142 were female and male, respectively. The mean age of the participants was 22.30±2.69 years. The study's regression analysis revealed that the most and the least direct effects were related to the forgiveness (R2=0.320) and compassion (R2=0.284) components, respectively. Among the inspected components, the responsibility component with an overall effect of R2=0.655 was shown to be the strongest predictor component of MI. Universities play a significant role in students' moral development and enhancement. The present study's findings suggest that developing strategic plans and interventions can enhance MI level (e.g., incentive systems for individuals maintaining high moral responsibility). Since today's students will be tomorrow's medical and healthcare professionals, upgrading of MI level in students studying in various divisions of medical sciences enhances their moral responsibility through setting out strong ethics principles to follow and the quality of care that they will provide to patients, thereby improving health.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602045/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38614404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human resources and patient rights during COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.","authors":"Seyedhassan Adeli, Morteza Heidari, Akram Heidari","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i10.4384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i10.4384","url":null,"abstract":"On February 19, 2020, first cases of COVID-19 positive were reported in Iran. When COVID-19 declared pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, Iran was among the most affected countries (1). Iran was ranked 11th among pandemic-affected countries with more than 328,844 laboratory-confirmed cases as of August 11, 2020 (2). The rapid spread of the pandemic disease and not knowing about COVID19-affected areas necessitated making immediate decisions and adopting appropriate control measures. The burden of the pandemic, added to that of the common diseases, imposed additional pressures on hospitals and healthcare centers, with various consequences such as patient’s rights disregard. COVID19 patients as well as other inpatients during the pandemic deserved their legitimate rights of being treated with the highest possible care and attention. In patient's rights charter (3), various aspects of patient's rights include providing appropriate healthcare service, necessary information, freedom of choice in therapeutic services, and ethical considerations (e.g., privacy and confidentiality). Fulfilling these rights was challenged by shortcomings in hospital capacity, equipment, financial resources, and even necessary knowledge regarding effective treatment. Inadequacy and lack of human resources (4) was a major challenge because healthcare staff count could not be increased to comply with the continuously increasing patient count (4). *Corresponding Author","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602037/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38614401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dimosthenis Chrysikos, Constantinos G Zografos, George C Zografos
{"title":"Thoughts about \"other\" patients' rights during COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Dimosthenis Chrysikos, Constantinos G Zografos, George C Zografos","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i11.4386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i11.4386","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602046/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38614402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leila Naeimi, Fariba Asghari, Saharnaz Nedjat, Azim Mirzazadeh, Mahsa Abbaszadeh, Ali Reza Sima, Sara Mortaz Hejri
{"title":"Turning unprofessional behaviors around using Holmes' reflection approach: a randomized controlled study.","authors":"Leila Naeimi, Fariba Asghari, Saharnaz Nedjat, Azim Mirzazadeh, Mahsa Abbaszadeh, Ali Reza Sima, Sara Mortaz Hejri","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i12.4388","DOIUrl":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i12.4388","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many medical schools around the world have included professionalism training in their formal curriculum. However, these efforts may not be adequate; given the exposure of students to unprofessional behaviors in the clinical settings. In the present study, we aimed to design, implement, and evaluate a longitudinal program to improve professionalism among medical students upon their transition to clinical settings. A total of 75 medical students were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to two groups. The control group did not receive any training, while for the intervention group; a 10-hour program through 16 weeks was organized based on the Holmes' reflection approach. The effectiveness of the program was evaluated by measuring three outcomes in both groups. Data analysis was performed using paired t-test and Multiple Linear Regression. Scores of judgment of professionalism increased in the intervention group (from 7.56 to 10.17; <i>P</i>< 0.001), while there was no significant improvement in the control group's scores. Students' attitudes towards professionalism and their professional behaviors did not change significantly. Based on our findings, the Holmes reflection approach helps students improve their cognitive base of professionalism. Long-term follow-up and further qualitative studies will help us better understand the effects of this approach on other desirable outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602044/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38614403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ebola, quarantine, and the need for a new ethical framework.","authors":"Corey Benjamin Moore","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i9.4078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i9.4078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Quarantine is a broad public health strategy used to control infectious diseases outbreaks. An arguably most aggressive public health intervention, quarantine limits the asymptomatic individuals' liberty and can result in significant harm. Quarantine was used in an attempt to control several Ebola outbreaks during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa in 2014. The most concerning quarantine intervention occurred at West Point, a slum of 75,000 people in the capital Liberian capital, Monrovia. This work critically reviews present ethical frameworks in public health for the examination of outbreaks in West Africa. This work utilizes the nine public health ethical principles described by Kerridge, Lowe and Stewart to argue that the quarantine at West Point was not ethically justified; and, it concludes that a new ethical framework for quarantine is required to address future outbreaks in the West African context.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7575914/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38635839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A brief historical overview of the anatomy of fascia in medieval Persian medicine.","authors":"Mohsen Bahrami, Saeed Shokri, Reza Mastery Farahani, Majid Dadmehr","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i7.4073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i7.4073","url":null,"abstract":"1.Researcher, Tehran, Iran. 2.Associate Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. 3.Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 4.Assistant Professor, School of Persian Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7575910/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38635837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policy considerations to achieve practical ethics: closing the gap between ethical theory and practic.","authors":"Mansure Madani, Nazafarin Ghasemzadeh, Ali Dizani, Ahad Faramarz Gharamaleki, Bagher Larijani","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i8.4075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i8.4075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social and professional behaviors are driven by extrinsic as well as intrinsic factors including executive rules and regulations enacted by extrinsic agents through coercion, police force and penalties. Despite their effectiveness, these mechanisms undermine the fact that ethics is an intrinsic human quality. The present study seeks strategies to apply extrinsic coercion as an incentive to direct ethics as an intrinsic value. Ethical behaviors driven by intrinsic motivations are more permanent and less costly. Legal force can either strengthen or weaken intrinsic requirements. Extrinsic conditions such as considering the interests, attitudes and preferences of others, involving people in the regulation and execution of law, justification of law, avoiding excessive punishment or rewards, and indirect support of ethics by establishing the appropriate social context can help boost intrinsic requirements in individuals. Ethics will not be practically established unless we harness individuals' 'willingness to act' as an essential determinant for ethical behavior. This requires adoption of a more psychological approach to ethics. If this aspect of ethical behavior is considered in regulations and executive processes, extrinsic forces can strengthen intrinsic requirements and spread ethics.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7575913/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38635838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alireza Salehi, Hourieh Afsharipur, Hossein Molavi Vardanjani, Mina Vojoud, Leila Bazrafkan, Mohammad Hossein Sharifi
{"title":"Medical students' knowledge and attitudes toward history of medicine.","authors":"Alireza Salehi, Hourieh Afsharipur, Hossein Molavi Vardanjani, Mina Vojoud, Leila Bazrafkan, Mohammad Hossein Sharifi","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i6.4071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i6.4071","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attention to the history of medicine (HM) has been increasing enormously among the scientific community. History of Culture and Civilization of Iran and Islam (HCCII) is taught in medical schools as a required course. However, data on medical students' level of knowledge and attitude about HM is limited. This is a cross-sectional survey conducted between 2016 and 2017. A multi-stage random cluster sampling was done in which 230 medical students were asked to fill a standardized self-administered questionnaire. Univariate statistical tests and ordinary multivariable linear regression were applied. Medical students' knowledge level was 50.8%, which is considered fair and weak. Interestingly, the knowledge score of those who attended only in HCCII course did not differ significantly from those who did not attend this course (<i>P</i> = 0.163). The results showed that knowledge scores were considerably greater in those who participated in related volunteer workshops than those who did not (<i>P</i> = 0.0001). The mean score of attitude toward HM was significantly higher in female subjects than male subjects (<i>P</i> = 0.028). Moreover, data indicated that attendance at the HCCII course and workshops was not associated with improvement in attitude. According to the outcomes, the authors recommend revising the content, teaching method and structure of the HCCII course curriculum.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7575911/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38635836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mahlagha Dehghan, Roghayeh Mehdipour-Rabori, Masoud Rayani, Mohammad Ali Zakeri, Mina Mobasher, Maryam Iranmanesh, Narges Rezai
{"title":"Comparison of the importance and observance of the patient's bill of rights from the perspectives of patients and personnel of hospitals in Kerman.","authors":"Mahlagha Dehghan, Roghayeh Mehdipour-Rabori, Masoud Rayani, Mohammad Ali Zakeri, Mina Mobasher, Maryam Iranmanesh, Narges Rezai","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i5.4070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i5.4070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients' rights are among the most important criteria for evaluating the quality of health services. The current study aimed to determine the importance and observance of the patient's bill of rights. This cross-sectional study was done in Kerman, Iran. The research samples were 217 patients and 204 personnel. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire in the scope of the patient's bill of rights, and data were analyzed by SPSS 15. The results showed a significant difference between patients and the personnel on the subject of the patient's bill of rights and most of its dimensions (<i>P</i> < 0.01). However, no significant difference was found between their views on the observance of the patient's bill of rights and its dimensions. Also, 35.9% of patients as well as 25% of personnel considered the observance of patients' rights unfavorable. The participants were aware of the importance of the patient's bill of rights. It is necessary, however, to codify and approve the laws related to the rights of patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7575912/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38635835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shahram Yazdani, Mohammad Reza Andarvazh, Leila Afshar
{"title":"What is hidden in hidden curriculum? a qualitative study in medicine.","authors":"Shahram Yazdani, Mohammad Reza Andarvazh, Leila Afshar","doi":"10.18502/jmehm.v13i4.2843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i4.2843","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The hidden curriculum is considered to be between the designed and experienced curricula. One of the challenges that medical educators face is to understand what students learn in real clinical settings. The aim of the present study was to answer this question: What is hidden in hidden medical curriculum? This study was a qualitative content analysis. Participants were selected through purposive sampling. Data collection was performed through unstructured interviews and continued until data saturation. Data were analyzed simultaneously with data collection using MAXQDA10 software. Data validity was confirmed based on the proposed Lincoln and Guba criteria. The main theme that emerged in this study was implicit learning. Professional ethics, spiritual, social and cultural issues, and clinical skills are the five major themes that were presented in this study. These themes and their subthemes are transferred during an implicit learning experience in hidden curriculum. Since a wide range of issues are mostly transferred by hidden curriculum, it is essential to have a dynamic approach to educational environments. This is especially important in clinical settings, as the process of learning is constantly happening in the backyard.</p>","PeriodicalId":45276,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7569532/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38516256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}