title: [Survey on moral judgment criteria among medical students].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The evaluation of moral judgment criteria in medical students is important to develop effective educational programs in bioethics.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare priority judgment criteria and moral judgment tendency in medical students of first and fifth grade.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ30), to identify moral criteria was applied to 259 students, 63.7% from first year and 50.2% women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The dominant moral tendency both in first and fifth year students was liberal. Justice and compassion were the most important criteria in men and in women, respectively. Respect towards authority and sanctity were the least important criteria in women and men, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The implications for moral psychology and medical education of these results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Pública, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bedregal
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: León
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shand
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mosso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001675:Bioethics; D002677:Chile; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004501:Education, Medical; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000193:education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment / Q000941:ethics*; D008297:Male; D035863:Moral Development; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult