Table 4.
Training needs
| N | % | |
| Preference for compulsory or elective bioethics teaching | ||
| Compulsory/Optional | 500 | 31.4 |
| Compulsory | 1054 | 66.4 |
| Absent | 21 | 1.3 |
| Missing | 15 | 0.9 |
| Relevance of bioethics for vocational training | ||
| High | 779 | 49.0 |
| Average | 661 | 41.5 |
| Scarce | 102 | 6.4 |
| None | 20 | 1.3 |
| I don’t know | 25 | 1.6 |
| Missing | 3 | 0.2 |
| Topics that the student considered to be interesting for his/her own training course | ||
| End of life | 775 | 48.7 |
| Voluntary interruption of pregnancy | 595 | 37.4 |
| Refusal of medical treatment | 550 | 34.6 |
| Informed Consent/Dissent | 542 | 34.1 |
| Diagnosis and prognosis communication | 531 | 34.1 |
| Assisted procreation | 424 | 26.7 |
| Religion and Patient relationship | 411 | 25.8 |
| Change gender identity | 310 | 19.5 |
| Evaluation of the amount of hours dedicated to the teaching of Bioethics | ||
| More than enough | 341 | 21.4 |
| Barely sufficient | 727 | 45.7 |
| Just enough | 323 | 20.3 |
| Not enough | 145 | 9.1 |
| I don’t know | 44 | 2.8 |
| Missing | 10 | 0.6 |
| Evaluation of study commitment | ||
| Excessive | 81 | 5.1 |
| Appropriate | 1130 | 71.1 |
| Poor | 197 | 12.4 |
| I don’t know | 144 | 9.1 |
| Missing | 38 | 2.4 |
| Need for a specific bioethics training for instructors | ||
| Yes | 1312 | 82.5 |
| No | 248 | 15.6 |
| Missing | 30 | 1.9 |
| Need for specific bioethics training for professionals working in the field of health and life sciences | ||
| Yes | 1380 | 86.8 |
| No | 179 | 11.3 |
| Missing | 31 | 1.9 |
| Need for continuing bioethics education for professionals working in the field of health and life sciences | ||
| Yes | 1320 | 83.0 |
| No | 238 | 15.0 |
| Missing | 32 | 2.0 |