Uncorrected Proof Thrita. 2021 December; 10(2):e116833. Published online 2021 December 27. doi: 10.5812/thrita.116833. Research Article Effect of Professional Ethics Workshop on the Moral Intelligence of Prehospital Emergency Personnel in East Azerbaijan, Iran Sara Ghahremanzadeh Anigh 1 , Abdolhassan Kazemi 2 , Saeed Khamnei 1 , Mehran Seif-Farshad 3 , Firooz Hasanzadeh 4 and Farzad Rahmani 5, * 1 Tabriz Azad University, Tabriz, Iran 2 Department of Medical Ethics Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 3 Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 4 Pre-hospital Emergency and Disaster Management Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 5 Emergency Medicine Research Team, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran * Corresponding author: Emergency Medicine Department, Imam Reza (AS) Medical Research and Training Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Email: rahmanif@tbzmed.ac.ir Received 2021 June 13; Accepted 2021 December 08. Abstract Background: Moral intelligence is one of the several types of human intelligence. It is the ability to understand right from wrong and behave based on the value which is believed to be right. Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a professional ethics workshop on the moral intelligence of prehospi- tal emergency technicians in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, and consequently the improvement of their performance and increase in their work efficiency. Methods: In this before- and after-interventional study conducted in Tabriz University Prehospital Emergency Center, Iran, in 2020, a total of 234 participants were evaluated. The sample was collected using the Lennick and Kiel’s Moral Intelligence Questionnaire and full census method. Before the workshop, the questionnaire was completed by the participants. After the workshop, the same questionnaire was completed again. Results: The pretest and posttest scores for moral intelligence were 83.02 ± 7.33 and 83.49 ± 8.40, respectively, which showed a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). In the three components of moral intelligence, namely consistent behaviors based on principles, values, and beliefs, persistence for the right, and responsibility for personal decisions, there were statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) before and after the workshop. Conclusions: According to the results, holding a professional ethics workshop was effective in increasing the overall level of moral intelligence, particularly in the three aforementioned components of moral intelligence. It is recommended to continue holding such workshops and improve the conditions and methods of training to increase their efficiency as much as possible. Keywords: Moral Intelligence, Professional Ethics, Emergency Technician, Academic Performance 1. Background Professional ethics is a set of do’s and don’ts, value rules, and behavioral tasks that create opportunities for self-improvement and self-control for individuals and or- ganizations (1). Ethical principles protect individuals against problems and help make good decisions to face problems (2). The employees’ perception of work ethics also has a significant positive relationship with their oc- cupational satisfaction (3). Implementing professional ethics also has a significant effect on increasing employee commitment and leads to better performance (4). Ethical attitudes can change over time with education (5). Medi- cal ethics is a field that deals with ethical issues related to the medical profession. Furthermore, because emergency technicians work in stressful situations, knowing how to behave toward patients and manage situations is critical for them (6). Intelligence is defined as the ability to learn from ex- periences, adapt to shape, and select environments (7). Moral intelligence is one of the several types of intelligence in humans that increases self-efficacy, psychological well- being, and learning (8). Moral intelligence is the ability to understand right from wrong and behave based on the value which is believed to be right (9). Moral intelligence consists of 4 main competencies and 10 subsets, includ- ing integrity (creating harmony between what we believe Copyright © 2021, Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.