Open Access<p>The Hidden Curriculum Challenges in Learning Professional Ethics Among Iranian Medical Students: A Qualitative Study</p>
Author(s) -
Yahya Safari,
Alireza Khatony,
Mohammad Rasoul Tohidnia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advances in medical education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7258
DOI - 10.2147/amep.s258723
Subject(s) - curriculum , hidden curriculum , nonprobability sampling , medical ethics , grounded theory , medical education , professional ethics , professional responsibility , qualitative research , psychology , medicine , engineering ethics , pedagogy , sociology , political science , social science , engineering , population , environmental health , psychiatry , law
Medical ethics is a vital quality for the doctors which has been seriously taken into consideration in recent years. Identifying the factors affecting medical ethics may help to develop more effective ways to promote this quality in medical education. This study was aimed to explain the challenges of hidden curriculum in learning the professional ethics among Iranian medical students.