Medical students' ethical, legal and cross-cultural experiences during their clinical studies.

摘要: BACKGROUND: Many medical school curricula include training for ethical considerations, legal comprehension, implementation of patients' rights, awareness cultural differences, and communication skills (ELCE). OBJECTIVES: To explore students' perceptions their ELCE during the clinical phase as well relationship between humanistic practice skills' experiences quality training. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was carried out in two cohorts year period at Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty Medicine end Internal Surgery clerkships 2002 academic year. The research tool an 18 item Likert-type questionnaire (ELCEQ), based on literature biomedical ethics, aspects behavior skills. content validation established by consulting experts among school's faculty. It circulated students representatives Unit Medical Education. RESULTS: response rate 88%. Students reported only a few opportunities gaining experience weak correlation found assessment CONCLUSIONS: wider more relevant range active should be available to clerkships. Correspondingly, there is need faculty find innovative ways internalize task role models ensure that acquire are able those