The Relationship between Professional Ethics and Teaching Quality among Faculty Members of Medicine Sciences Aja University

Nowadays, the professional ethics has been very much taken into consideration, so that most professions including teaching, for its particular demands, should have a professional ethics code. The current study aimed to investigate the predictive role of professional ethics in professorschr('39') teaching quality of Medical Sciences University; Army-Iran.

The present study was a descriptive-correlational method and the statistical population consists of all medical sciences university students (979 people), Army-Iran, in 2017-2018 Iranian academic year. The size of sample were, 175 subjects, selected in accordance with Kerjesi & Morgen sampling table using stratified sampling method. The research tools were Najafi et al. Teaching Professional Ethics Questionnaire (2013) and Seraj Teaching Quality method (2002). Data analysis was done through two levels: descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (Pearson correlation and regression analysis) using SPSS software.

Pearson correlation results showed that there was a meaningful relation between professional ethics and teaching method (r=0.438, p<0.01). In other words; the more the professional ethics among professors, the more increase in teaching quality. Regression equation results showed that professional ethics has the predictive power of teaching quality (predictive value: 0.384). That is, if other conditions be constant, by increasing one unit of professional ethics, teaching quality will increase to 0.438.

Based on the findings of this study, the professional ethics of the professors of medical sciences university affects their teaching quality, So observing professional and ethical requirements will have an effective- learning influence and teaching quality among the students in this university.