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Riegle, Sandra E.; Frye, Ann W.; Glenn, Jason; Smith, Kirk L. – Online Submission, 2012
Teachers tasked with developing moral character in future physicians face an array of pedagogic challenges, among them identifying tools to measure progress in instilling the requisite skill set. One validated instrument for assessing moral judgment is the Defining Issues Test (DIT-2). Based on the work of Lawrence Kohlberg, the test's main…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Physicians, Statistical Analysis
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Self, Donnie J.; Olivarez, Margie; Baldwin, DeWitt C., Jr. – Academic Medicine, 1998
Using the Defining Issues Test, the moral reasoning of 95 Texas A&M University medical students was measured at the beginning of their first semester, after a required first-semester medical ethics course, and after their fourth year. Results show significantly increased moral reasoning at the second and third test administrations, with women…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Medical Education