A process evaluation of medical ethics education in the first year of a new medical curriculum

Despite the recent increase in activity in the field of medical ethics education, few evaluative studies have been carried out. Most studies have taken place in North America, in curricula where teaching is discipline‐based, and have concentrated on outcome rather than on the curricular processes adopted.

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