Abstract

INTRODUCTION[|]In this study, it was aimed to determine whether the view of medical students from animal experiments is different from those who did not receive medical education and if there is a difference, this difference should be evaluated statistically.[¤]METHODS[|]The survey conducted in the study of Joffie et al. was translated into Turkish. According to the preliminary study, a total of 88 participants, 29 of whom were 2nd grade students of the Faculty of Medicine and 59 of the second year students of the Law Faculty, were administered the questionnaire. After the participants had been informed, it was asked whether they were offered an argument (A) for animal experiments and whether or not they participated in the argument and also it is questioned whether the counter arguments (CA) make the argument less convincing. The percentage of those who were persuaded by counter arguments was compared.[¤]RESULTS[|]Twenty-nine of the participants (33,00%) were male and 59 (67,00%) were female. When the percentages of persuasion of the sections are examined, it is seen that the rate of convincing with CA1.1 and CA2.3 is low in both groups. The proportion of medical students convinced by CA1.1, CA1.2, CA2.2, CA3.1, CA3.2 is higher than that of Law students. In A5, A6 and A7, Medical students are less likely to respond "Yes" than Law students. The percentage of convincing with CA5 and CA6 seems to be low for both parts. The rate of convincing Medical students with CA5 and CA7 is lower than that of Law students, whereas it is higher in CA6. However, differences between all these ratios are not statistically significant.[¤]DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION[|]In the study of Joffie et al., there is no information available on these differences are statistically significant, since they do not give a "p" for the percentage differences in their research. This comparison can only be made between the percentages obtained in our study. For exaple, in our study with CA1.1, the conviction rate of law students was 14.30%, while the rate of convincing non-medical participants in Joffie et al's study was 92%. In CA2.1, CA2.3, CA4, CA5, CA7, CA9.2, CA9.4 and CA11.1, it is seen that the Law students are more convinced than the Medical students. However, these differences between the ratios were not statistically significant, so our hypothesis was not confirmed. It is proposed to apply the survey to a larger sample size and a heterogeneous group of participants.[¤]