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Background: The study's aim is to investigate future doctors', who are at the beginning of their medical education, perceptions on the field of medical ethics and expectations for the medical ethics education. Methods: A questionnaire was applied to the first-year students, prior to the first professional values and ethics lecture, which included questions about demographic characteristics, students' perceptions on ethics and moral concepts, the prior education they received in ethics, their opinions on the presence of ethical issues in health care area and the necessity of medical ethics education in these particular issues, medical ethics education's necessity in medical education and on the ethics education they will be receiving. The data was evaluated by using descriptive analysis. Results: 63.8% of students stated that they know ethics concept, 53.5% stated that there is a difference between ethics and morals, 87.7% stated that they had no prior teaching on ethics, 90% stated that medical ethics education was necessary in medical education, 91.5% stated that there are ethical issues in the health care area. Most preferred teaching methods were video/movies, small group studies, inclusion of ethics components in PBL scenarios, lectures, respectively; 82.3% stated that there is no need for exams in ethics education. Conclusion: Although the majority of the students stated that they were not previously trained in issues related to ethics, they pointed out the presence of ethical problems in health care in our country and emphasized the necessity of ethics teaching in medical education relating to this area. The findings have contributed to the improvement of the professional values and ethics program in school; educational methods like small group studies, video/movies have been increased, assignments related to novels, movies and ethical issues have been added.

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