First-year health degree students in the dissection room: Analysis of adaptation to practical classes.

Autor: Mingorance E; Department of Anatomy, Cellular Biology and Zoology, University Center of Plasencia, University of Extremadura, Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain. Electronic address: emingorance@unex.es., Mayordomo R; Department of Anatomy, Cellular Biology and Zoology, University Center of Plasencia, University of Extremadura, Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain. Electronic address: rmayordo@unex.es., Pérez-Pico AM; Nursing Department, University Center of Plasencia, University of Extremadura, Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain. Electronic address: aperpic@unex.es., Tirado F; Nursing Department, University Center of Plasencia, University of Extremadura, Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain. Electronic address: ftirado@unex.es., Macías Y; Department of Medical and Surgery Therapy, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain. Electronic address: yolandamg@unex.es., Gañán Y; Department of Anatomy, Cellular Biology and Zoology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain. Electronic address: yolandag@unex.es.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft [Ann Anat] 2021 Jan; Vol. 233, pp. 151603. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2020.151603
Abstrakt: Human anatomy is a core subject that students of all health degrees are required to pass. Practical classes with human cadavers are a widely used educational resource in medicine, but are less frequent in other health degrees. Determining how first-year podiatry, nursing, and physiotherapy students cope with human anatomy practical classes and identifying the presence of physical reactions and possible causes of distress they experience in the dissection room are essential steps in designing a guidance plan to address students' needs. A questionnaire was distributed to 172 first-year students in non-medical health degrees immediately after their first visit to the dissection room. The questionnaire comprised 29 Yes/No questions to determine students' physical reactions, causes of distress and coping methods. The most frequent physical reactions were disgust, uneasiness and nausea. The main causes of distress were the smell of the cadavers, the smell of the dissection room and the sight of the cadavers. The coping methods used were being with friends, eating before the practical class and practicing beforehand with anatomical atlases and CDs. No significant differences were found between gender and the three variables analyzed (number of physical reactions, number of causes of distress and number of coping methods) (p-value >0.216), although differences were found between the type of health degree and the number of physical reactions and causes of distress (p-values = 0.028 and 0.001, respectively).
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors report no declarations of interest.
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