EVALUATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY FACULTY IN CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT BEFORE AND AFTER HOLDING TRAINING WORKSHOP OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN ZABOL CITY, 2017

Introduction and Objective: The topic of professional ethics has been considered in different countries and professional groups and different languages. It is necessary for the medical profession students to increase their skills in this area, while being aware of the principles of professional ethics. Therefore, the current research was conducted due to the importance of this issue and since no study has been conducted regarding nursing & midwifery faculty students’ knowledge of the principles of professional ethics in Zabol. Materials & Methods: This is a semi-experimental study conducted in in the form of group trail with pre-workshop and post-workshop method on Nursing and Midwifery Faculty students of Zabol University of Medical Sciences, with cooperation of professors of the Nursing and Midwifery students for four months. After coordinating with the education department and professors of the faculty and announcing the holding the workshop for each academic level, subjects received the training and film for 21 days from 8am to 12am in 20-subject groups and each group in two days for four hours in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery. Data were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: The results showed that out of 300 participants in the training workshop of professional ethics, majority of people (66%) were female, and 60% stated that they did not have information about training and guiding the patients, and after the workshop, 97% of them stated that patient training is one of the requirements for patient knowledge. Before the workshop, the students' knowledge of stating the professional errors report was 30%, while it as 100% after the workshop. The results showed that there was no significant relationship between the variables of academic semester and ethnicity and the mean score of knowledge of professional ethics. Conclusion: The findings of the research indicate that it is necessary to increase the training courses of the professional ethics for all students of different medical sciences. Therefore, observing the principles of professional ethics in students will result in providing desirable services and patients’ satisfaction. Keywords: Professional ethics, student, nursing, midwifery, training workshop, principle