Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Original Article

A Longitudinal Study on Moral Judgment Development in Nursing and Medical Students: Yong Soon Kim, Jee Won Park, Youn Jung Son; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2003;33(6):820-828. Published online March 28, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2003.33.6.820

Purpose

In this longitudinal study, we examined the moral judgment level and its related factors, such as individual characteristics. The result of this study will provide baseline data to establish policy of ethics education for college students and healthcare professionals.

Method

We enrolled 37 nursing students and 20 medical students as the subjects in a university in Suwon, Korea. We conducted a questionnaire on the subjects using Korean version of Defining Issues Test(DIT) to analyze the subjects' moral judgment level. Collected data was coded using ASCII document and scored using Fortran program for computer. Then the data was statistically analyzed by SPSS Version 10.0.

Result

Nursing students' moral development score at each stage were consistently higher at stage 5A across 4-years rather than other stages. On the other hand, medical students' moral development score were consistently higher at stage 4 than other stages. There was no significant difference in the change P(%) score at each academic year in both groups. In the perspective of the subjects' general characteristics, P(%) score showed no significant in both groups.

Conclusion

Based on the results of this study, further studies will examine the correlation between curriculum and moral judgment development in detail. Moreover, we suggest that the current ethics education should be developed and evaluated in more realistic manner.

Citations

Citations to this article as recorded by

Development of critical thinking in health professions education: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies
Matthew C. Reale, Daniel M. Riche, Benjamin A. Witt, William L. Baker, Michael J. Peeters
Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning.2018; 10(7): 826. CrossRef
Relationships among Cultural Disposition, Morality, and Psychological Health of Medical Students in a Province of Korea
Sunyoung Lee, Byungduck An
Korean Medical Education Review.2016; 18(1): 26. CrossRef
Cross-sectional comparison on human rights sensitivity changes in nursing students and non-nursing students
Seong-Eun Kim
Journal of Digital Convergence.2016; 14(4): 355. CrossRef
Volunteer activity, sociality, and morality in the dental hygiene students
Hye-Kyung Lee
Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene.2014; 14(6): 927. CrossRef
Changes in Nursing Students' Moral Judgment and Ways to Evaluate the Effect of Ethics Education
MI-Aie Lee
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2013; 19(3): 351. CrossRef
A Study of Moral Judgment and Ethical Decision Making and Ethical Dilemmas Experienced in Practice by Nursing Students
Yoon Goo Noh, Myun Sook Jung
Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society.2013; 14(6): 2915. CrossRef
Korean Medical Students' Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Characteristics
Sook Hee Ryue, Hae Bum Lee
Korean Journal of Medical Education.2012; 24(2): 103. CrossRef
Validation of a Korean version of the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire
Sung-Suk Han, Juhu Kim, Yong-Soon Kim, Sunghee Ahn
Nursing Ethics.2010; 17(1): 99. CrossRef
Comparison of Career Choice Motivation and Moral Reasoning Ability between Students in Baccalaureate and Graduate-entry Programs
Min Kang Kim, Jin Oh Kang
Korean Journal of Medical Education.2007; 19(2): 91. CrossRef

167 View
0 Download
9 Crossref

First
Prev
Page of 1
Next
Last

Search