Student responses to the gross anatomy laboratory - a medical curriculum

被引:76
作者
Dinsmore, CE [1 ]
Daugherty, S
Zeitz, HJ
机构
[1] Rush Med Coll, Dept Anat, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
[2] Rush Med Coll, Dept Psychol, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
[3] Univ Illinois, Asthma & Allergy Serv, Rockford, IL USA
关键词
gross human anatomy; medical students; curriculum;
D O I
10.1002/ca.1038
中图分类号
R602 [外科病理学、解剖学]; R32 [人体形态学];
学科分类号
100101 ;
摘要
Working with cadavers, whether through active dissection or by examination of prosected specimens, constitutes a potential stressor in medical education although there is no consensus on its effect. Some reports have suggested that it creates such a strongly negative experience that it warrants special curricular attention. To assess the issue for ourselves, we administered surveys to the freshman medical students taking the Anatomical Sciences course in the problem-based Alternative Curriculum (A.C.) at Rush Medical College for four consecutive years. We found that although a vast majority of students expressed a positive attitude toward the experience, both before and after taking the course, there remains a small percentage of students fur whom human dissection may initially be a traumatic experience. We offer explanations for our findings, comments on disparate results from other studies and suggestions for appropriate responses by anatomy faculty, who must address these student needs. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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页码:231 / 236
页数:6
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