Attitudes towards learning professional ethics in undergraduate physiotherapy students: A STROBE compliant cross-sectional study

Marqués-Sulé, Elena; Arnal‐Gómez, Anna; Cortés‐Amador, Sara; Torre, Marta Inglés de la; Hernández, David Chorro; Aguilar‐Rodríguez, Marta

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104771

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“…Teachers have to consider these results to try to increase awareness of professional ethics all through the degree. These results are in line with the results of the work by Marques-Sule et al 2021 [ 24 ], in which the younger students gave greater importance to ethics [ 14 ]. This is due to the moment in which the ethics course is taught.…”

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“…The influence of professional values on ethical attitude explains the need to integrate professional values into physical therapy curricula to provide a consistent framework in which all physical therapists follow the same professional values, because today’s society expects to receive physical therapy care that is based on ethical principles and quality. Faculties can help in the development of professional values by acknowledging the difficulties future physical therapy professionals face, while implementing or learning these values and providing solutions that are essential to effectively addressign ethical conflicts [ 22 , 23 , 24 ].…”

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Influence of Professional Values on Attitudes towards Professional Ethics in Future Physical Therapy Professionals

Marqués-Sulé

Baxi

Arnal‐Gómez

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This study aimed to analyze the influence of professional values on attitudes towards professional ethics, as well as the influence of sociodemographic variables on attitudes and professional values in future physical therapy professionals. A total of 231 physical therapy students (53% women; mean age 22.30 (SD = 5.13 years; age range 18–49)) participated. Attitudes towards professional ethics (Attitudes Questionnaire towards Professional Ethics in Physical Therapy) and professional values (Axiological Estimation of Professional Values Questionnaire) were analyzed. Linear regressions were conducted to examine: (i) the statistical prediction of attitudes as a dependent variable, with professional values as independent variables; (ii) whether sociodemographic variables had a relationship with attitudes or professional values. Professional values explained 6.5% of the variance of attitudes towards professional ethics (F(1,230) = 16.08, p < 0.001)). In regard to sociodemographic characteristics, age explained 3% of the variance of attitudes (F(1,230) = 7.11, p < 0.01) and presence of relatives in healthcare explained 1.9% of the variance in professional values (F(1,230) = 4.35, p < 0.05)). These results suggest that an increased awareness of professional values is essential to maximizing the attitudes towards professional ethics in future physical therapy professionals in order to improve their future daily clinical practices.

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Influence of Professional Values on Attitudes towards Professional Ethics in Future Physical Therapy Professionals

Marqués-Sulé

Baxi

Arnal‐Gómez

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“…Ethical education for students majoring in physiotherapy is also important. Marques-Sulé's research shows that students who studied ethics in the course of their studies more often adopted moral attitudes than those who did not [23].…”

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Moral values in the work of a physiotherapist

Skiba¹,

Pezdek²

2022

Physiother Quart.

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Introduction. The goal of the study was to analyze the attitudes towards moral values adopted by Polish physiotherapists. Eight basic moral values were enumerated, namely: professionalism, care, fairness, dignity, autonomy, responsibility, trust and professional integrity. The chosen values were analyzed taking into account the gender, age, education, work experience, workplace and the knowledge of moral rules included in the Code of Professional Ethics of the Physiotherapist of the Republic of Poland and/or in the Rules of Professional Ethics of Physiotherapists (the Polish Chamber of Physiotherapists).Methods. The study embraced 199 professionally active physiotherapists, with 5 surveys not filled in correctly, which left 194.Results. Variables such as gender (p < 0.001), workplace (p < 0.016) differentiate the respondents significantly in the context of the studied values. Additionally, physiotherapists with longer working experience declare attitudes more closely based on moral values than physiotherapists with shorter working experience (p = 0,021). With regard to the adopted attitudes towards values, vital differences between men and women can be observed. Women choose fairness (p < 0,001) whereas men choose the ethics of care (p = 0,619). Physiotherapists employed by nonpublic centres are more oriented towards autonomous decisions than physiotherapists employed by publicly financed centres (p = 0,048).Conclusions. Numerous factors have been observed differentiating the attitudes of the respondents towards moral values. The differences may evidence a lack of uniform professional culture which might in turn translate into limited respect on the part of society. The variables differentiating the group are modal, thanks to which a change in the moral attitudes of Polish physiotherapists is possible.

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“…Regarding physiotherapy education, there exists previous research concerning moral reasoning and judgment skills [9][10][11], moral distress [12], and educational interventions over the past ten years [13][14][15][16][17][18]. Nevertheless, studies about ES that physiotherapy students encounter during their clinical practices are scarce [14,19,20].…”

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“…Physiotherapists consider themselves competent in ethics, even if they are not very familiar with ethical codes or methods for ethical problem-solving [24]. Previous training in ES could help to develop ethical competence and to face these situations in the most suitable way, providing highquality healthcare [17,18].…”

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Physiotherapy Students’ Experiences about Ethical Situations Encountered in Clinical Practices

Aguilar‐Rodríguez

Kulju

Hernández‐Guillén

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(1) Background: It is important to explore the ethical situations that physiotherapy students encountered in their clinical practices. (2) Methods: Qualitative, explorative, descriptive study. The participants included third-year physiotherapy students. They had to write five narratives about ethical situations encountered in their clinical practices. Krippendorff’s method for qualitative content analysis was used to cluster units within the data to identify emergent themes. The study protocol was approved by the authors’ University Ethic Committee of Human Research (H1515588244257). (3) Result: 280 narratives were reported by 64 students (23.34 ± 4.20 years, 59% women). Eight categories were identified from the qualitative analysis of the data: (a) professional responsibility, (b) professional competence, (c), beneficence, (d) equality and justice, (e) autonomy, (f) confidentiality, (g) respect for privacy, and (h) sincerity. All participants were informed and provided written informed consent. (4) Conclusions: Ethical principles were frequently violated in physiotherapy. Experiences of physiotherapy students must be examined to tailor educational interventions prior to their initiation into practice. Ethics education is needed in workplaces and should be increased in basic education. Facilitating the ethical awareness of future physiotherapists is a challenge for university teachers who provide ethical competence training.

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Attitudes towards learning professional ethics in undergraduate physiotherapy students: A STROBE compliant cross-sectional study

Cited by 6 publications

References 28 publications

Influence of Professional Values on Attitudes towards Professional Ethics in Future Physical Therapy Professionals

Influence of Professional Values on Attitudes towards Professional Ethics in Future Physical Therapy Professionals

Moral values in the work of a physiotherapist

Physiotherapy Students’ Experiences about Ethical Situations Encountered in Clinical Practices

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