title: Moral development of first-year pharmacy students in the United Kingdom.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the moral development of pharmacy students over their first academic year of study at a university in the United Kingdom.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pharmacy students completed Defining Issues Test (DIT) at the start of their first year (phase 1) and again at the end of their first year (phase 2) of the program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pharmacy students (N=116) had significantly higher moral reasoning at the beginning of their first year than by the end of it. Scores differed by students' gender and age; however, these findings differed between phase 1 and phase 2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  First-year pharmacy students in the United Kingdom scored lower on moral reasoning than did pharmacy students in the United States and Canada.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education and Psychology, University of Bolton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prescott
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Becket
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sarah Ellen
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035863:Moral Development; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: moral development; moral reasoning; pharmacy students