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    The Moral Principles on which Medical Faculty Students at the ‎University of Jordan Depend to Identify Moral Issues and to‏ ‏What ‎Extend such Principles are Influenced by Gender, Study Level, and ‎Nature of Science Understanding Level
    (2008) "Mohammad Khair" Al-Salamat; Khawla Hasaneen; Talal Al-Zou'bi
    This study aimed at examining the moral principles on which ‎Medical Faculty students at the University Of Jordan depend to identify ‎moral issues and to what extend such principles are influenced by gender, ‎study level, and nature of science understanding level. The sample of the ‎study consists of (40) male and female students, (20) of them were first-‎year medicine students, the other (20) fourth year. The tools of the study ‎were represented by the nature of science understanding test, and moral ‎principles test. After applying the two tests and for answering the ‎questions of the study, means, standard deviations, frequencies and ‎percentages were counted. (‏2‏‎) and (MANOVA) were used. The results ‎showed‏ :‏That the humanitarian principles (33.8%), the religious ‎principles (30.4%), the autonomy principles (19.6%), the social ‎principles (9.2%), while the beneficial principles was (7.0%). As the ‎results show there were no statistically significant differences between ‎the results of students’ responses on examining moral principles ‎attributed to students’ gender, study level, or nature of science ‎understanding level. The study recommended: reconsidering the moral ‎issues in teaching students of medicine, because it is very important to ‎improve the positive attitudes towards science, and to develop critical ‎analytical moral thinking. The study also recommended conducting ‎similar studies on other students from other levels and specializations.‎