Attitude & Reaction of 1st Year Medical Students Toward Cadaveric Dissection
Journal Title: International Journal Of Research In Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The medical student is under huge stress as he is facing a professional course that needs total dedication and concentration. This investigation is therefore designed to interpret student’s attitudes & reaction towards human cadaveric dissection on first entry and after exposure to dissection. MATERIAL & METHOD: A longitudinal survey was conducted among 150,1st year medical students in 2014 at the GMERS Medical College, Dharpur Patan, of Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, India. All first year medical students (n=150) were included in the study where their attitudes were surveyed at two time points (one prior to dissection session, and second survey eight weeks after the first one).Standardized and pretested questionnaires prepared in English were used to collect relevant data from the subjects. RESULT: The positive feelings included a curiosity and interest to learn about the structure of human body. Out of 150 students 83% students was mental preparedness to study cadaver at the beginning of the course while 7 % not prepared. We find out main cause of this various symptom was due to 73% by sight,38% by smell, 25% by Touch, 23% by fear of infection. CONCLUSION: Before the formal dissection pre-education session should be conducted so, teaching begins which produce a sense of respect into the minds of the students and eliminate the feeling of anxiety. This will offer a stable mental status for the fresh medical students to handle higher levels of stress in their clinical careers, thereby reducing the drop- out rates.
Authors and Affiliations
Sanjay Vikani, Subhash Gujar, Jigna Parmar, Hetal Vaisnani, Savita gadekar
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