Methodologies applied in the teaching of Ethics, Bioethics and Deontology during the last decade: an integrative review

Abstract

This integrative review maps out the scientific production of the last decade focusing on methodologies applied in teaching Ethics, Bioethics and Deontology, aiming to categorize and describe them. The review found thirty-four articles searching the keywords “teaching” and “health” and “ethics” or “bioethics” or “deontology” in the bases Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Google Scholar. The methodologies were organized into: active methodologies and traditional model. The synthesis of this review states that active methodologies offer more significant learning, when compared to the traditional model, especially due to technology. Moreover, transversal and interdisciplinary theoretical assumptions were also associated with methodological applicability in the teaching of the themes in question.