Identity of the medical ethics curriculum Based on the experiences of teachers of medical ethics: Qualitative Research

Modern medical ethics is a multi-disciplinary knowledge and nowadays is one of the elements of medical school’s curriculum. Identity of medical ethics curriculum forms the sub-structural contexts and belief and value essentials of the society and we cant codify medical ethics curriculum separate of belief, cultural and value context and essentials of society. So, this study is done for deeper and real recognizing of existing ambiguities and challenges in the identity of medical ethics curriculum. This study is a qualitative research which its data gathered by the semi-structural interview with 14 people of Tehran medical university’s medical ethics instructors in 1389, analyzing by the Mayring context analysis approach. Results of this study indicating the lack of identity in medical ethics curriculum. Contents which are explanatory of the lack of native and Islamic identity in medical ethics curriculum: 1.secular medical ethics 2.Islamic ethics system 3.medical ethics scope. In fact the missing ring of medical ethics curriculum is lacking of Islamic and native identity and because of this reason the medical ethics topics is placed in medical ethics curriculum sparsely and without any specific basis and teaching of medical ethics always is faced with confusion and being the promoter of secular culture.