Bioethical Awareness in Students of the Perm State National Research University

Abstract

The present review of publications on bioethical awareness demonstrated a lack of a comprehensive, holistic study of bioethical awareness in different population groups. The research featured an empirical study of bioethical awareness in university students. The experiment was part of a big project aimed at filling the gap in scientific knowledge about bioethics and bioethical awareness. The research objective was to identify the current trends and patterns of bioethical awareness in university students. The study involved 155 students of the Perm State National Research University, who answered a modified questionnaire developed by Y. A. Evelson and O. V. Evusyak (2014). The study revealed the following structural components of bioethical awareness: content-cognitive, motivational-communicative, and reflexive-activity. The students showed a low level of bioethical awareness. Further research is needed to design a program for bioethical awareness development.

Keywords

• bioethics
• levels of formation
• components of bioethical consciousness
• content-cognitive component
• motivational-communicative component
• reflexive-activity component