Evaluation of professor's professional teaching ethics from the perspective of basic medical students at Babol University of Medical Sciences

Considering the importance of teaching professional ethics in promoting education, the present study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the teaching ethics of professors from the perspective of basic medical students at Babol University of Medical Science. This research is descriptive-cross-sectional. The study included all basic medical students randomly selected using a Morgan table of 162 people. The data collection tool in this study was the Teacher's Professional Ethics Questionnaire with six components and 48 items. The scoring scale of the items was based on the Likert five-choice scale from one to five. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and analytical statistics (single group t-test and independent t-test) using SPSS 21 statistical software. The total score of teachers ' professional ethics from the students' point of view was (4.437±0.509), and a significant difference between the views of female students (4.42±0.52) and male students (4.45±0.49) was not observed (p = 0.195). Among the components, the components of personality traits (4.476) and content aristocracy (4.479) had the highest mean and the components of learner cognition (4.258) had the lowest mean. All components of professors' teaching were in good condition from the perspective of medical students. Although it is still a bit far from the completely standard situation (score 5), but by presenting the results of the present study to the managers and officials in the field of university education, it is possible to improve the education quality and teaching of university teachers.