Abstract:
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of medical education on moral competence of medical students. It is hypothesized that there would be a significant effect of medical education on moral competence of medical students. Moral Competence Test by Lind (2015) was used to measure the Competence Score (C-Score) of 200 (N); first and final year Bachelors of Medicine, Bachelors of Surgery (MBBS) students among public and private medical universities of Karachi. Through statistical analysis of the data, it was found statistically significant (p<0.05) that final year medical students have low moral competence as compared to first year medical students. There was no significant effect of university sector on moral competence of medical students.
