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 |