Education and Ethics In Nursing

Explaining the Anesthesiology and Operating Room Students clinical Experiences of professional ethics in the operating room: a qualitative study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.

2 Clinical Research Development Unit, Peymanieh Hospital, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: The operating room is a space dedicated to anesthesia and surgery teams for performing surgeries, and
providing quality services in it requires a wide range of training and professional principles. The present study tries to take a step towards improving medical ethics and solving the problems of professional ethics by explaining and analyzing the clinical experiences of the anesthesiology and operating room students of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences in relation to professional ethics in the operating room environment.
Materials and Methods: The design of this study is a descriptive qualitative study with the method of conventional content analysis, which was done with in-depth semi-structured interviews and using open-ended questions from the students of the operating room and anesthesiology departments of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, who have at least two internships in the operating room field. The collected data were analyzed based on the model proposed by Elo and Kingas.
Results: In total, 255 semantic units were extracted from 10 interviews that were conducted with the participants; the classification of the codes led us to 6 main categories and 24 subcategories. The main topics are: 1- Understanding the concept of medical ethics and professional ethics 2- Frequently used ethical issues in the operating room 3- The most examples of violations of professional ethics in the operating room 4- Individual factors affecting compliance or violation of ethics in the operating room 5- Management and organizational factors affecting compliance or violation of ethics in the operating room 6- Environmental and physical factors affecting compliance or violation of ethics in the operating room
Conclusion: The clinical experience of operating room and anesthesiology students showed that they have a correct
understanding of the concept of medical ethics and professional ethics, and they recognize well the factors affecting compliance or violation of professional ethics; If this topic is accompanied by the guidance of professors; It can help to improve the moral status of the operating room. It can also provide good suggestions to hospital managers for the moral improvement of medical centers, which the findings of the present study are in this direction.

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