Background: Medical ethics is an arrangement of good rules that apply qualities to the act of clinical medicine. It depends on a lot of qualities that experts can allude to on account of any disarray or strife. These qualities incorporate the regard for autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice.
Aim of the work: to assess knowledge and practice of medical ethics among physicians of all qualifications in Fayoum general hospital and Fayoum University hospitals, also make a comparison between the two hospitals.
Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out at Fayoum General Hospital and Fayoum University Hospital. The survey was conducted over a period of six months between January 2017 and June 2017. This study was based on a self-administered, structured, close ended questionnaire.
Results: The majority of participants could mention the correct answers with a percentage near 100% in most questions related to knowledge. participants of FUH (90%) knew more about the existence of an ethical committee and about half of them knows its role compared to participants of FGH (50% and 20% respectively). also a shortage of knowledge in both hospitals' participants as regard the Code of Ethics, 2002. There was a shortage in taking informed consent from patients before examination in participants of both hospitals. A statistical significant difference in the total knowledge score (IQR=11&7 for FUH&FGH respectively) and total practice score (IQR=14&13 for FUH&FGH respectively) between the two settings of the study. The total practice score was significantly different among physicians of different qualifications in participants of FGH. Knowledge score was positively correlated with practice score, while, age showed a negative correlation with practice.
Conclusion: This outcome proposes that medical ethics learning in Fayoum Faculty of medicine ought to be reinforced in subjects where knowledge and practice levels were low.