Ethics education among obstetrics and gynecologists in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Althagafi, Noha Abed; Alahmad, Ghiath

doi:10.1186/s12909-023-04824-x

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Respondents who received various form of ethics education and their attitude (Agree and Strongly Agree) towards the main four ethical principles

From: Ethics education among obstetrics and gynecologists in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Type of Education			Autonomy		Non -maleficence		Beneficence		Justice		No stigmatization		Respect for cultural diversity and pluralism		Solidarity and cooperation
Type of Education			N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
TOTAL			230	58.82	196	50.13	228	58.31	234	59.85	212	54.22	218	55.75	177	45.27
Formal Education	Medical School	Yes	80	58.39	72	52.55	82	59.85	78	56.93	80	58.39	80	58.39	67	48.91
		No	150	59.06	124	48.82	146	57.48	156	61.42	132	51.97	138	54.33	110	43.31
		P	0.899		0.481		0.650		0.388		0.223		0.440		0.289
	Residency	Yes	27	58.70	22	47.83	28	60.87	26	56.52	23	50.00	22	47.83	18	39.13
		No	203	58.84	174	50.43	200	57.97	208	60.29	189	54.78	196	56.81	159	46.09
		P	0.985		0.740		0.707		0.625		0.541		0.251		0.372
	Sub-specialty	Yes	11	64.71	10	58.82	10	58.82	11	64.71	11	64.71	10	58.82	9	52.94
		No	219	58.56	186	49.73	218	58.29	223	59.63	201	53.74	208	55.61	168	44.92
		P	0.612		0.463		0.965		0.675		0.373		0.794		0.517
	Postgraduate	Yes	17	58.62	17	58.62	15	51.72	19	65.52	17	58.62	15	51.72	10	34.48
		No	213	58.84	179	49.45	213	58.84	215	59.39	195	53.87	203	56.08	167	46.13
		P	0.982		0.342		0.457		0.515		0.620		0.650		0.223
Informal Education	Conference	Yes	44	59.46	39	52.70	48	64.86	45	60.81	39	52.70	38	51.35	31	41.89
		No	186	58.68	157	49.53	180	56.78	189	59.62	173	54.57	180	56.78	146	46.06
		P	0.902		0.623		0.202		0.851		0.771		0.397		0.516
	Online Training	Yes	27	54.00	26	52.00	29	58.00	27	54.00	28	56.00	29	58.00	23	46.00
		No	203	59.53	170	49.85	199	58.36	207	60.70	184	53.96	189	55.43	154	45.16
		P	0.460		0.777		0.962		0.369		0.787		0.732		0.911
	Courses & Workshop	Yes	31	59.62	26	50.00	33	63.46	31	59.62	28	53.85	27	51.92	21	40.38
		No	199	58.70	170	50.15	195	57.52	203	59.88	184	54.28	191	56.34	156	46.02
		P	0.901		0.984		0.417		0.971		0.954		0.551		0.446
	Daily Practice	Yes	44	54.32	43	53.09	46	56.79	48	59.26	46	56.79	44	54.32	34	41.98
		No	186	60.00	153	49.35	182	58.71	186	60.00	166	53.55	174	56.13	143	46.13
		P	230		58.82		196		50.13		228		58.31		234
	Self-Learning	Yes	68	54.84	59	47.58	71	57.26	67	54.03	69	55.65	69	55.65	56	45.16
		No	162	60.67	137	51.31	157	58.80	167	62.55	143	53.56	149	55.81	121	45.32
		P	0.276		0.492		0.773		0.111		0.598

Type of Education			Social responsibility		Sharing of benefits		Protecting future generations		Protection of the environment		Respecting privacy of people		Respecting confidentiality
Type of Education			N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
TOTAL			213	54.48	218	55.75	194	49.62	196	50.13	241	61.64	234	59.85
Formal Education	Medical School	Yes	77	56.20	80	58.39	69	50.36	73	53.28	84	61.31	80	58.39
		No	136	53.54	138	54.33	125	49.21	123	48.43	157	61.81	154	60.63
		P	0.614		0.440		0.828		0.359		0.923		0.667
	Residency	Yes	21	45.65	23	50.00	21	45.65	19	41.3	28	60.87	28	60.87
		No	192	55.65	195	56.52	173	50.14	177	51.3	213	61.74	206	59.71
		P	0.202		0.404		0.567		0.202		0.909		0.88
	Sub-specialty	Yes	10	58.82	10	58.82	11	64.71	9	52.94	12	70.59	12	70.59
		No	203	54.28	208	55.61	183	48.93	187	50	229	61.23	222	59.36
		P	0.712		0.794		0.203		0.812		0.433		0.35
	Postgraduate	Yes	14	48.28	15	51.72	14	48.28	14	48.28	17	58.62	18	62.07
		No	199	54.97	203	56.08	180	49.72	182	50.28	224	61.88	216	59.67
		P	0.487		0.650		0.881		0.836		0.729		0.799
Informal Education	Conference	Yes	38	51.35	40	54.05	33	44.59	33	44.59	50	67.57	47	63.51
		No	175	55.21	178	56.15	161	50.79	163	51.42	191	60.25	187	58.99
		P	0.549		0.744		0.337		0.29		0.241		0.473
	Online Training	Yes	29	58.00	28	56.00	26	52	25	50	31	62	29	58
		No	184	53.96	190	55.72	168	49.27	171	50.15	210	61.58	205	60.12
		P	0.592		0.970		0.718		0.985		0.955		0.775
	Courses & Workshop	Yes	26	50.00	29	55.77	22	42.31	22	42.31	29	55.77	30	57.69
		No	187	55.16	189	55.75	172	50.74	174	51.33	212	62.54	204	60.18
		P	0.487		0.998		0.257		0.226		0.353		0.734
	Daily Practice	Yes	40	49.38	44	54.32	37	45.68	39	48.15	51	62.96	48	59.26
		No	173	55.81	174	56.13	157	50.65	157	50.65	190	61.29	186	60
		P	59.85		0.771		0.426		0.689		0.783		0.904
	Self-Learning	Yes	66	53.23	64	51.61	59	47.58	61	49.19	73	58.87	71	57.26
		No	147	55.06	154	57.68	135	50.56	135	50.56	168	62.92	163	61.05
		P			0.262		0.583		0.801		0.444		0.477

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