IRCT2014022516729N1 IRCT 2014-11-14 Research Council of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Effect of Socratic questioning on moral reasoning of nursing students Comparing the efficacy of two ethics educational methods "Socratic questioning" and "lecturing" in nursing moral dilemmas on moral reasoning of nursing students at School of Nursing and Midwifery of Fatemeh (P.B.U.H), Shiraz 2012-2014 2014-01-21 anticipated 103 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/15561 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Supportive, Other design features: Randomization; Stratified randomization: At first, nursing students of each semester ( 6,7 and 8) were divided into two categories of males and females. Then, based on blocked randomization, students of each category were allocated into three groups of experimental 1 (n=37), experimental 2 (n=33) and control (n=33). N/A moral reasoning of nursing students. Intervention 1: The group experimental 1, will receive the ethics education in nursing moral dilemmas through Socratic questioning in six forty-minute sessions during three continues weeks. Intervention 2: The group experimental 2, will receive similar educational content through lecturing during one three-hour workshop. Intervention 3: The group control will receive no intervention.