Current medical ethics cognition analysis of students from downtown and country and its education strategy

Abstract

Objective In order to understand better about the medical ethics cognition of the students from downtown and country, and to find an adequate strategy for educating medical ethics. Methods A cross sectional study of medical students was made on campus from different grades on the basic information about the students, their general cognition of medical ethics. Results The result are as followings：28. 2% of the downtown students think that the relationships between the medical personnel and the patients are very harmonious or just a little bit harmonious, which is higher than 18. 2% of the country students （P=0. 001 or 0. 019）;40. 0% of the country students say that the relationships between the medical personnel and the patients are very intense, which is very higher than 28. 4% of the downtown students（P=0. 001）;33. 0% of the downtown students think that at present the medical personnel are basically eligible to cure the patients, which is higher than 25. 5% of the country students（P=0. 019）;13. 1% of the country students think that at present the medical personnel can not be responsible for their works, which is apparently higher than 8. 1% of the downtown students （ P=0. 026 ）; 12. 7% of the country students say that at present the medical personnel should be required to improve their working enthusiasm and responsibility awareness, which is higher than 7. 5% of the downtown students （ P=0. 019）;12. 2% of the country students think that the causes of medical disputes are due to the worse attitudes of medical personnel, which is higher than 7. 3% of the downtown students（P=0. 028）. There are great differences of choices of medical practices between the students from downtown and country. Con-clusions The medical ethics education of university should pay attention to the distinctions between downtown’ s and country’ s education, and focus on quality education among the medical students from cou-ntryside to make up the gap between downtown’ s and country’ s education. Besides, the university should guide the students form the correct medicine motivation. Key words: Medical students; Ethics; Country and downtown; Investigation; Countermeasure