Commitment and professional ethics and its relationship with patient rights: A cross-sectional descriptive study

Abstract Background: Ethical behavior of health workers is an important part of health services. Providing ethical care is one of the important goals of various medical professions. the aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between ethics and professional commitment and its relationship with the level of respect for patient rights in medical students. Material & methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with the participation of nursing, midwifery and emergency medicine students of Ilam University of Medical Sciences. Sampling was done by stratified random method. The data was collected using Demographic, Professional Commitment, Professional ethics and a researcher made questioner on compliance with patient rights questionnaires. Results: Three hundred students were participated. The results showed that the average score of professional ethics in middle school students is high (64.07 ± 8.01), the average score of professional commitment is also high (64.07 ± 8.01) and the score of respect for patient rights is also high (10.74). ± 83.46) was obtained. the professional ethics score it showed a positive and statistically significant relationship with the patient's rights compliance score. Discussion: Its necessary to explain the concept of professional commitment to students more during the education period and to familiarize students with its dimensions and importance. It is necessary to study the relationship between these three variables with a larger sample size.