. Mohammad Mahdi Doust Mohammadi,; . Hakimeh Sheikhasadi; . Shahla Ayoubi Mahani; . Abolfazl Taheri; . Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri; . Kamel Abdi
Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, , Pages 1-5
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ethical attitude of paramedic personnel is one of the most important factors in theireffective and useful performance. Therefore, according to the importance of this issue ...
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BACKGROUND: Ethical attitude of paramedic personnel is one of the most important factors in theireffective and useful performance. Therefore, according to the importance of this issue and immenseeffect of religious culture on the formation of ethics, this study aimed to effect bio‑ethical principlesteaching on moral attitude of paramedic emergency personnel in Iran.MATERIAL AND METHODS: The present study was an experimental study carried out in 2020 on60 of paramedic emergency personnel. Samples were available, randomly selected and assignedto two groups of control and intervention. The intervention was performed for a 2‑h workshop ofbioethical principles in 4 day based on Quran verses. Moral attitude of both groups was studiedbefore and after each intervention. Data were analyzed using Kolmogorov–Simonov, Chi‑square,t‑test, one‑way, and paired t‑test with SPSS version 16 (P ≤ 0/05).RESULTS: Ethical attitude means for both groups of control and intervention demonstrated thatethical attitude has meaningfully increased after the workshop. Demographic variables such as age,gender, and work experience of participants in workshops were not different between these twogroups (P < 0/05). The study of these two groups showed that there is no relationship among workexperience, gender, marital status, age, and ethical attitude.CONCLUSION: Prehospital emergency is quite different from the other occupations in health‑caresystem and the ethical issues of this field are more important. Therefore, teaching in workplace andthrough ethical principles based on religious teachings will have a profound effect on improvingbiological ethics of paramedic prehospital staffs.