Teaching the principles of professional ethics in medical sciences is directly related to people's health. The principles of professional ethics and compliance with medical standards have always been considered in the training of assistants. The purpose of this research was to identify the challenges and effective solutions on the professional ethics of assistants. The present qualitative study was conducted using the content analysis method. The articles were related to professional ethics, professional ethics training for specialist assistants, challenges of professional ethics, professors' professional ethics training, evaluation of assistants' professional ethics. 24 articles were selected for final review. Open coding of articles was done using MAXQDA10 software. In the next step, the conceptual and semantic similarity of grouping and each class was named with titles that showed its characteristics. The results of data analysis led to the identification of 5 challenges (lack of professional ethics lesson plans in the assistants' training program, students' encounter with professional ethics challenges in the process of treating patients, conflicts between the roles of professors between education and treatment, professional ethics in the curriculum Neglected, non-contractual approach of professional ethics) and 9 solutions (formation of professional ethics in students through the exemplary role of the professor, teaching active professional ethics to students at the patient's bedside, creating a suitable clinical environment to improve the quality of students' professional ethics learning, Evaluation accurate professional performance of assistants during the training course, developing a comprehensive training program of professional ethics in the official training program, maintaining patient safety by promoting the professional ethics training of assistants, improving the quality of teaching professional ethics of professors to assistants by using diversity in teaching methods, creating A suitable educational opportunity to improve the quality of professional ethics training for students, improving the quality of professional ethics with the development of medical skills and knowledge. It is necessary to teach the principles of professional ethics to assistants who are the key elements of treatment and education in teaching hospitals, who must serve in society as specialists in the future. This research will improve the quality of professional ethics training for assistants by identifying the challenges facing assistants' professional ethics training and providing appropriate solutions.
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