Assessment of effects of ethics teaching to 1st year veterinary students by using the ethical reasoning tool

T. Dich; T. Hansen; P. Sandøe

Assessment of effects of ethics teaching to 1^st year veterinary students by using the ethical reasoning tool

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T. Dich

T. Dich Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958 Frederiksberg C., Denmark; td@ifro.ku.dk

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T. Hansen

T. Hansen Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958 Frederiksberg C., Denmark; td@ifro.ku.dk

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P. Sandøe

P. Sandøe Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958 Frederiksberg C., Denmark; td@ifro.ku.dk

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Pages:: 457–462

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086867844_074

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Increasingly, courses are set up to teach ethics to veterinary students. However, little is known about the effects of these courses. An earlier paper presented at EurSafe by Dich et al. has examined different tools to assess the effects of ethics teaching. The conclusion was that the ethical reasoning tool (ERT) could constitute a valid measure of the changes in student cognition and the effect of the teaching programme. The aim of the present paper is to present a design for using ERT to measure the impact of a first year course in veterinary ethics, held at the University of Copenhagen, and to present a first set of results. The overall aim of the assessed nine-week course in veterinary ethics is to introduce different ethical positions to the students and to give them the opportunity to identify, work with and reflect on ethical questions related to the veterinary profession, as a part of their training to become professionals. Therefore, it is relevant to measure if the learning and teaching environment has brought changes in the students’ capacity to undertake ethical reasoning. The results show that there is an increased ability to identify ethical issues and to utilize a framework within which to consider and clarify these issues. Some of the students also improved their decision-making skills and became more aware of their roles as veterinarians. However, a majority of the students didn’t show any progress in their ethical reasoning skills.

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The ethics of consumption

The citizen, the market, and the law

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