Johane Patenaude and colleagues questioned a cohort of Quebec students in the first and third years of medical school and found that the students' ethical skills levelled out over the course of their studies at a lower threshold of development than expected for their age group. In a related commentary, Peter Singer discusses ways to strengthen the role of ethics in medical education.
p. 852 Changes in students' moral development during medical school: a cohort study
— J. Patenaude et al
p. 854 Strengthening the role of ethics in medical education
— P.A. Singer
Canadian Medical Association Journal