%0 Journal Article
%T Assessing the Impact of Medical Ethics Education on Knowledge, Attitude, and Self-Reported Practice: A Vignette-Based Cross-Sectional Study of Doctors at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Nepal
%A Sanjib Barua
%A Ruma Chakma
%J Asian Journal of Ethics in Health and Medicine
%@ 3108-5059
%D 2025
%V 5
%N 1
%R 10.51847/hYIgUP8wQ6
%P 204-220
%X Understanding and applying medical ethics is increasingly recognized as essential in medical education. This research comprised two studies: the first evaluated clinicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and self-reported practices regarding medical ethics at Patan Academy of Health Sciences, a tertiary teaching hospital in Nepal, while the second compared these outcomes between doctors who had formal medical ethics training during their undergraduate studies and those who had not. Two cross-sectional surveys using self-administered questionnaires were performed. Study 1 involved 72 participants, including interns, medical officers, and consultants. Study 2 compared 54 medical officers with formal ethics training (Group 1) to 60 without such training (Group 2).

Doctors with postgraduate qualifications scored higher in knowledge (p = 0.050), practice (p 
%U https://smerpub.com/article/assessing-the-impact-of-medical-ethics-education-on-knowledge-attitude-and-self-reported-practice-bxkue1ti5rkkk33