Validation of the Defining Issues Test in Medical Students at El Rosario University, Colombia

Learning medicine as a discipline is a complex process that demands more dedication every day. The acquisition of technical knowledge must be part of an integral education which favors the development of high level humanistic values in order to provide the physician with personal tools for the p...

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Autores principales: Pérez-Olmos, Isabel Regina, Dussán Buitrago, Mónica María
Formato: Online
Lenguaje:spa
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Publicado: REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2009
Acceso en línea:https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/224
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Sumario:Learning medicine as a discipline is a complex process that demands more dedication every day. The acquisition of technical knowledge must be part of an integral education which favors the development of high level humanistic values in order to provide the physician with personal tools for the proper resolution of the ethical dilemmas that he/she will face during his/her education and professional practice. The assessment and improvement of these aspects are likewise necessary in the physicians’ education. For the purposes of this research, the reliability of the Opinion Questionnaire on Social Problems (COPS, for its acronym in Spanish) was evaluated. This questionnaire is the Mexican version of the Defining Issues Test, and it was adapted by the authors. The test item performance was determined in medical students from El Rosario University at Bogota, Colombia in 2006. The obtained Cranach’s Alpha was 0.76, similar to the registers in scientific literature. COPS is considered to be a reliable instrument for the evaluation of moral judgment in medicine students at this University.