Assessment of the Understanding of Medical Ethics Subject among Anbar Medical Group Students

Background: Future doctors and medical students are expected to learn about the important moral ethical communication with their patients and health care personnel. Objectives: The study aimed to have opinion of medical students on medical ethics education. Methodology: Cross sectional study carried out in both medicine and pharmacy colleges of at Anbar University for a period extended from 4^th of November 2018 till the 28^th of May 2019. The study was conducted on total sample size of 211 both males and females in medical and pharmacist students at Anbar University who age group ranging from 20-24 years old. Results: About 86.3% of students under study believe that medical ethics subject is important in the curriculum of medical group colleges so as to learn basic knowledge of attitude (47.8%), and about 48% have the opinion of taking such subject in the first/second year of college. At the same time, 45.6% of students believe that the subject is boring and patient communication lecture was the highest percentage (47.9%) chosen by students as the most important item among the medical ethics subject. Conclusion: Low perception and knowledge about the importance of medical ethics subject among medical group students in their near future career.