Journal article
Testing the validity of a scenario-based questionnaire to assess the ethical sensitivity of undergraduate medical students
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although medical educators acknowledge the importance of ethics in medical training, there are few validated instruments to assess ethical decision-making. One instrument is the Ethics in Health Care Questionnaire--version 2 (EHCQ-2). The instrument consists of 12 scenarios, each posing an ethical problem in health care, and asking for a decision and rationale. The responses are subjectively scored in four domains: response, issue …
Authors
Lohfeld L; Goldie J; Schwartz L; Eva K; Cotton P; Morrison J; Kulamakan K; Norman G; Wood T
Journal
Medical Teacher, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 635–642
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
August 2012
DOI
10.3109/0142159x.2012.687845
ISSN
0142-159X