scholarly journals REACTIONS OF FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS IN THE DISSECTION ROOM, WITH PROSECTED CORPSES, AND THE INCIDENCE ON OWN BODY DONATION. Las reacciones de los estudiantes de primer año de Medicina en la sala de disección, con cuerpos disecados, y la incidencia sobre la donación del propio cuerpo

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-29
Author(s):  
Susana N. Biasutto ◽  
Isaías E. Molina Vargas ◽  
Diego M. Weigandt ◽  
M. Valentina Mora ◽  
Ramiro A. A. Vargas ◽  
...  

Student’s perceptions in the dissection-room and the relationship with the teaching staff determine their affinity with Anatomy and their introduction in the medical career. Our objective was to evaluate three different instances of the relation student/dissection-room during the Anatomy course, the importance students assigned to the corpses, symptoms and emotions associated to the dissection-room, their causes and also participants’ attitudes to the own body donation. Three surveys: initial perception, reactions by the first contact with the corpses and further evolution were performed to 237 first year students. Sixty three per cent were women and 97% argentine, of whom 59% were from Cordoba province and the rest for nearly all the country provinces. Hundred per cent considered very important Anatomy for the career and corpses for Anatomy. For 91% dissection should be compulsory for first year medical students. Most often physical reactions were ocular and nasal irritation, while the most frequent emotions were enthusiasm and surprise, due mainly to corpse and dissection-room smell.  Coping strategies to those reactions were: to focus on the topic, to watch the corpse as an object, to relax, humor and others. The will to donate the own body varied from 57% to 49% and 52%. Those percentages were not statistically different (p=0.1606), but higher than others in the literature. Influence of the corpse exposition on the attitude to donation seems to be less important than other articles; probably because our students do not dissect by themselves or because they recognize a great need of corpses. La percepción de los estudiantes en la sala de disección y su relación con el equipo docente determina su afinidad con la Anatomía y la introducción en la carrera médica. Nuestro objetivo fue evaluar tres diferentes instancias de la relación estudiante/sala de disección durante el curso de Anatomía, la importancia que los estudiantes asignan a los cuerpos, los síntomas y emociones asociados a la sala de disección, sus causas y las actitudes de los participantes hacia la donación del propio cuerpo. Se realizaron 3 encuestas: percepción inicial, reacciones ante el primer contacto con el cadáver y evolución posterior, en 237 estudiantes de primer año. El 63% eran mujeres y 97% argentinos, de los cuales el 59% provenían de la provincia de Córdoba y el resto de casi todas las provincias del país. Cien por ciento consideraron muy importante la Anatomía para la carrera y los cuerpos para la Anatomía. Para el 91% la disección debería ser obligatoria para los estudiantes de primer año de Medicina. Las reacciones físicas más comunes fueron la irritación ocular y nasal, mientras que las emociones más frecuentes fueron entusiasmo y sorpresa, debidas principalmente al olor de los cuerpos y de la sala. Las estrategias usadas para afrontar estas reacciones fueron: enfocarse en el tema, ver el cuerpo como un objeto, relajarse, humor y otros. La voluntad de donar el propio cuerpo varió de 57% a 49% y 52%. Estos porcentajes no fueron estadísticamente diferentes (p=0,1606), pero mayores que otros en la literatura. La influencia de la exposición a los cuerpos sobre la actitud hacia la donación parece menos importante que en otros artículos; probablemente porque nuestros estudiantes no disecan por sí mismos o porque reconocen la gran necesidad de cuerpos.

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Susana N. Biasutto ◽  
María B. Garay ◽  
María V. Rives ◽  
Florencia Uanini ◽  
Alexandra Albrecht Parraga ◽  
...  

El estudio consistió en evaluar el impacto que tiene en los estudiantes de primer año de Medicina el contacto inicial con el cadáver, tanto en trastornos físicos como emocionales, su modificación en el transcurso del cursado y la incidencia que tendría en su voluntad de donar el propio cuerpo o al propiciar la donación por parte de terceras personas. Se realizó mediante una encuesta con respuestas de múltiples opciones y algunas semiestructuradas, en una muestra de 191 estudiantes de primer año de Medicina. Casi la totalidad acordaron en la importancia del cadáver para el estudio de la Anatomía y de ésta para la carrera médica. Los síntomas más frecuentes manifestados por el primer contacto con el cuerpo fueron irritación ocular (54%), congestión o irritación nasal (52%) y olor desagradable (28%); mientras que las emociones más referidas fueron entusiasmo (38%) y sorpresa (25%). Se adjudicaron principalmente al olor de la sala (40%) y del cadáver (55%), y para superar estos trastornos los recursos más empleados fueron: centrarse en el tema (39%), ver el cuerpo como un objeto (29%) y el humor (20%). Solo el 29% donaría su cuerpo y el 83% donaría sus órganos para trasplante; a pesar que el 80% considera que los estudiantes de primer año deberían disecar y el 73% querría ser ayudante en la cátedra. Reconocen que falta información y concientización sobre la donación de cuerpos para docencia e investigación en Anatomía y consideramos que es imprescindible contar con un programa de procuración y donación. Our objective was the evaluation of first year Medicine student’s perception at their first contact with the corpse in the dissection room. We considered as well physical and emotional aspects, change during the Anatomy course, impact on their will to donate the own body or propitiate other people’s donation. The study consisted on a survey with multiple choice and semi-structured responses, on a sample of 191 first year medical students. Nearly all agreed in the importance of corpses to study Anatomy and Anatomy for the medicine career. Most frequent symptoms on the first contact were ocular irritation (54%), nasal congestion (52%) and unpleasant smell (28%); while mostly mentioned emotions were enthusiasm (38%) and surprise (25%). Those perceptions were mainly caused by the room (40%) and the cadaver (55%) smell, and the resources used to endure them were: focus on the topic (39%), consider the body as an object (29%) and humor (20%). Only 29% of students should donate their own bodies and 83% should donate their organs for transplantation; instead 80% consider that first year students should dissect by themselves and 73% should like to be student-assistants at the Anatomy Chair. They recognize the lack in information on body donation for teaching and research in Anatomy, and we consider it is absolutely necessary a program for procurement and donation.


Open Medicine ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 502-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmond Girasek ◽  
Regina Molnár ◽  
Edit Eke ◽  
Miklós Szócska

AbstractSome decades ago being a medical doctor was characterized unambiguously as a profession that offers help and serves the patients’ needs during medical treatment. In today’s society, this image of the medical profession has been substantially changed. The present paper aims to examine medical career choice motivations and preferences of choosing speciality, in the light of current social and economic changes in Hungary. The study was carried out by using a voluntary, self-administrated, questionnaire among first-year medical students and resident doctors in four medical faculties in Hungary. The career choice motivations of the first-year medical students and resident doctors are similar and match to the traditional health profession career choice motivations. Nevertheless the first-year students consider high income as one of the most important factors. They appear more conscious and more ambitious regarding their future speciality choice. The Hungarian health care system and medical education must be prepared for the presence of students that are aware of the high market value of a medical diploma, have excellent language skills, and consider migration as one main factor in their motivation when choosing a medical profession.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Perlstein ◽  
Scott McCoombe ◽  
Susie Macfarlane ◽  
Andrew Colin Bell ◽  
Caryl Nowson

Objectives. To compare the knowledge of Australian dietary recommendations to the dietary practices of first-year medical students. Design. Over a period of four years, anonymous online surveys were completed by medical students attending a first-year nutrition lecture. Background. There is little information on the nutritional knowledge and dietary practices of medical students. Setting. First-year postgraduate university medical students, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Participants. Between the years 2012 and 2016, 32%–61% of first-year students completed the survey. Phenomenon of Interest. Student’s knowledge of dietary guidelines and related practices. Analysis. The frequency of response was assessed across the different year cohorts using descriptive statistics. Results. Between 59% and 93% of first-year students correctly identified the recommended daily servings for fruit, and between 61% and 84% knew the vegetable recommendations. In contrast only 40%–46% met the guidelines for fruit and 12%–19% met the guidelines for vegetables. Conclusions and Implications. Discrepancies between students’ nutrition knowledge and behavior can provide learning opportunities. With low rates of fruit and vegetable consumption in medical students, increased awareness of links between nutrition and health, together with encouragement to make behavioral changes, may increase the skills of graduates to support patients in improving dietary intake.


2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira ◽  
José Loureiro ◽  
Bruno Trancas ◽  
Ana Papoila ◽  
José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida

Professionalism and empathy are crucial in clinical settings. An association would be expected between empathic attitudes and altruistic motivations for a medical education. However, data is scarce in first-year students, and a previous small-scale study did not fully confirm the hypothesis that personoriented motives would have a strong relationship to empathy. The present study tested this association in a larger sample. 202 first-year medical students ( M age = 19.0 yr., SD = 2.7; 67.3% women) were assessed cross-sectionally, using the Vaglum and colleagues' indexes on motives for choosing medicine (security/status, person-orientation, and interest in the natural sciences) and the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy for students. There was a weak association between empathy and person-orientation, but the evidence regarding links between empathy and the three motivation scores was low overall. In this Portuguese sample there was not a clear-cut association between empathy and motivations for medical school.


Author(s):  
I.I CHEREMISKINA ◽  
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A.S ELZESSER ◽  

The results of modern research show that first-year students, in particular students of medical universities, experience severe stress due to the changed conditions of their life, heavy loads and physiological limitations. The consequences are quite serious, among those a decrease in academic achievement, lowered satisfaction with the educational situation and the chosen profession as a whole, an increase in psycho-emotional stress, the maximum number of expelled students, including expelled at their own free will, falls on the first year. An empirical study will identify problem areas and outline a set of measures to adapt freshmen. The attitude to stress in the context of the subjective approach can be considered through the analysis of interrelated cognitive, emotional and behavioral components. The study was conducted among first-year medical students of various specialties. The results show their extremely negative attitude towards stress. In first-year students' perception, stress is closely related to learning situations and living in a dormitory; they experience negative emotions in stress situations and primarily use avoidance as a coping strategy. We can say that they practically don’t notice the mobilizing possibilities of stress, which raises the question of the need for their psychological support, in particular, training in more adaptive strategies for coping with stress.


2016 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. S7-S8
Author(s):  
Sanjib K. Ghosh ◽  
S. Biswas ◽  
S. Sharma ◽  
S. Chakraborty

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 6062-6077
Author(s):  
Patrícia Raquel Maba ◽  
Juliana Trindade Clemente Napimoga ◽  
Danilo Roberto Xavier de Oliveira Crege ◽  
Giovana Tofoli ◽  
Ana Beatriz Albino de Almeida

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Nurdeng Bin Deuraseh ◽  
Fatin Nur Majdina Nordin Binti Nordin

This study is a preliminary research about the readiness of first-year medical student of UPM on knowledge, attitude and awareness of medical ethics. The main objective of the study was to assess and identify the level of knowledge, interest and awareness of UPM medical students on medical ethics. In addition, this study also aims to determine the readiness of UPM medical students in medical ethics as applied in the main practice of their profession for the sake of public welfare. The data was obtained quantitatively through distribution of questionnaires to 88 respondents from first-year students in medical courses UPM. Data were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics. The study indicated that the level of knowledge of the first year UPM medical students to medical ethics is moderate. The level of awareness of the importance of medical ethics in medical institutions is also moderate. In a nutshell, the study shows that majority of the respondents have a high interest in medical ethics, at the same time give the conclusion that medical ethics is essential in a medical institution especially for the medical practitioners itself. Keywords: ethics, medicine, knowledge, interest, awareness Kajian ini merupakan satu tinjauan awal pengkaji tentang kesediaan pelajar perubatan tahun pertama UPM dari aspek pengetahuan, sikap dan kesedaran terhadap etika perubatan. Tujuan utama kajian ialah untuk mengkaji dan mengenal pasti tahap pengetahuan, minat dan kesedaran pelajar perubatan UPM terhadap etika perubatan. Di samping itu, kajian ini juga bertujuan untuk menentukan tahap kesediaan pelajar perubatan UPM dalam menerapkan etika perubatan sebagai amalan utama dalam profesion mereka untuk kesejahteraan masyarakat. Data kajian telah diperolehi secara kuantitatif melalui kaedah soal selidik. Borang soal selidik telah diedarkan kepada 88 responden yang terdiri daripada pelajar tahun pertama kursus perubatan di UPM. Data dianalisis menggunakan simple descriptive statistic. Hasil kajian mendapati tahap pengetahuan pelajar perubatan tahun pertama UPM terhadap etika perubatan adalah sederhana. Tahap kesedaran dalam mengenalpasti tahap kepentingan etika perubatan dalam institusi perubatan juga sederhana. Secara keseluruhannya, kajian ini mendapati bahawa kebanyakan responden mempunyai minat yang tinggi terhadap etika perubatan sekaligus memberi kesimpulan bahawa etika perubatan amatlah penting dalam sesebuah institusi perubatan khususnya bagi pengamal perubatan itu sendiri. Kata kunci: etika, perubatan, pengetahuan, minat, kesedaran.  


Author(s):  
Kishore Y. Jothula ◽  
Praveena Ganapa ◽  
Sreeharshika D. ◽  
Navya K. Naidu ◽  
Abhishek P.

Background: Medical profession is one of the most highly rated professions among the students due to the fact that it offers prospects of a financially as well as a socially satisfying career. It was observed that many students in India prefer a career in medicine because of parental pressure. It has been consistently reported that a considerable proportion of medical students regret their career choice. Considering all these aspects the current study aimed at knowing the factors influencing to take up medical profession, interest towards different modes of teaching, reasons for least attention during the class and regret after choosing medicine as career.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 150 first year medical students with a pre-tested, semi structured questionnaire. Data collected was analysed using SPSS software.Results: The mean age of the subjects was 17.94±0.82 and majority were females (72%). Majority (82.6%) students opted MBBS out of self-interest. To earn respect in the society (83.87%) was the most common motivational factor to opt MBBS. 39.33% of the subjects was having regret feeling for choosing medical profession.Conclusions: Self-interest was the major reason for opting MBBS. Parent’s pressure was also observed as one of the reasons for opting MBBS. Almost one third of the students were having the feeling of regret for opting medical profession. Special attention should be paid towards these students.


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