Biomedical Ethics Issues among Palestinian Medical Faculty Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the Biomedical ethics issues among Palestinian medical faculties students at the second semester of the academic year (2012-2013). The study investigates the effects of the variables of gender, faculty and academic level on the Biomedical ethics issues. In order to assess the objectives of the study, the researchers developed a questionnaire consisting of (22) items to measure the Biomedical ethics issues among Palestinian medical faculties students with a reliability rate (0.88). The Study population consisted of (1131) students, while the sample contained (247) students. The study revealed that the level of Biomedical ethics issues among medical faculties students was low. It also indicates that there are statistically significant differences due to gender to the benefit of males and due to academic level to the benefit of 4th year and above more than. Finally, the study revealed that there are no statistically significant differences due to faculty