Anxiety levels among health sciences students during their first visit to the dissection room
| Autor: | Teresa Simón, Jaime González-González, José Luis Martín-Conty, Alicia Flores-Cuadrado, Alino Martinez-Marcos, Alicia Mohedano-Moriano, Juan José Criado-Álvarez, Carmen Romo-Barrientos, Daniel Saiz-Sanchez, Antonio Viñuela, Isabel Ubeda-Bañon |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Occupational therapy
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Students Medical 020205 medical informatics education lcsh:Medicine 02 engineering and technology Anxiety Speech therapy Education 03 medical and health sciences Adaptation Psychological 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Cadaver Cadaver dissection Humans Prosection 0303 health sciences Medical education lcsh:LC8-6691 lcsh:Special aspects of education business.industry Dissection lcsh:R Health sciences General Medicine 030301 anatomy & morphology Spain Human anatomy Female medicine.symptom Anatomy business Stress Psychological Clinical psychology Biomedical sciences Research Article Education Medical Undergraduate Anatomy education |
| Zdroj: | BMC Medical Education, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2020) BMC Medical Education |
| ISSN: | 1472-6920 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12909-020-02027-2 |
| Popis: | Background The teaching of human anatomy is often based on practices of cadaver dissection and prosected specimens. However, exposure to human cadavers might be stressful and anxiety-inducing for students. The aim of this study is to explore the degree of satisfaction and anxiety among first-year students in the Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Nursing programmes at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) who are experiencing their first dissection/prosection practice to develop stress coping strategies. Methods A total of 204 health sciences students participated in this study. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to evaluate anxiety. Results ‘State Anxiety’ (SA) decreased significantly throughout the course (p Conclusions Although students were satisfied with dissection practices (96.8% of them recommended that the practices be retained for future courses), the experience can provoke stressful responses that must be addressed using advanced preparation and coping mechanisms, especially among medical and nursing students. |
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