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. 2018;89(4):519–531. doi: 10.23750/abm.v89i4.7238

Table 3.

Students’ interest, motivation and attitude towards the teaching of bioethics

N %
Levels of interest towards Bioethics
Very relevant 352 22.1
Relevant 614 38.6
Rather relevant 505 31.8
Scarcely relevant 87 5.5
Not relevant 19 1.2
I don’t know 10 0.6
Missing 3 0.2
Topics considered to be interesting regardless of the training course
End of life 1081 68.0
Voluntary interruption of pregnancy 785 49.4
Assisted procreation 556 35.0
Religion and Patient relationship 511 32.1
Change gender identity 506 31.8
Consent/dissent to treatment 505 31.8
Human Experimentation 505 31.8
Interest in the frequency of optional teaching activity of Bioethics
Yes 721 45.3
No 299 18.8
I don’t know 560 35.2
Missing 10 0.6
Professions in which students consider the teaching of Bioethics important
Doctor 258 13.7
Dentist 36 1.9
Nurse 124 6.6
Veterinary 59 3.1
All professions 1382 73.5
I don’t know 18 1.0
Missing 3 0.2
Usefulness level of Bioethics for taking care of and treating patients and/or living beings
High 432 27.2
Average 763 48.0
Scarce 340 21.4
None 28 1.8
I don’t know 19 1.2
Missing 8 0.5
Usefulness level of Bioethics to take care of suffering persons
Yes 1299 81.7
No 88 5.5
I don’t know 178 11.2
Missing 25 1.6
Usefulness of Bioethics for the development of critical reflections
High 286 18.0
Average 892 56.1
Scarce 268 16.8
None 90 5.7
I do not answer 27 1.7
Missing 27 1.7
Usefulness of Bioethics for the development of one’s own critical capacity
High 275 17.3
Average 908 57.1
Scarce 263 16.5
None 68 4.3
I do not answer 46 2.9
Missing 30 1.9
Identification of ethical issues in clinical practice?
Yes 703 44.2
No 303 19.1
I don’t know 101 6.3
Missing 483 30.4