Mock trial as a strategy of the teaching of medical ethics

Abstract

This study aimed to identify students' perceptions about the importance of the mock trial as a strategy for teaching medical ethics in a medical school. During the mock trial of the second term of 2010, students answered a questionnaire with Likert scaled items that in which were included three specific questions about the use of the strategy: contribution to learn about medical ethics, relevance to the training and if recommends the continuation of the activity at the Institution. Two hundred eleven students attended and all responded to the survey. Students who answered "definitely yes" or "probably yes" to three questions scaled reached, respectively, a total of 96.2%, 93.9% and 92.5%. This result led to conclude that, based on the favorable perception of the students surveyed; it is recommended the continuation of the mock trial as a strategy for the teaching of Medical Ethics at the Institution.