Hirakawa Yoshihisa, Masuda Yuichiro, Kuzuya Masafumi, Iguchi Akihisa, Uemura Kazumasa
Department of Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. 2007 May;44(3):380-3. doi: 10.3143/geriatrics.44.380.
We conducted a national survey of senior medical students' attitudes about end-of-life care teaching programs for undergraduate students of Japanese medical schools from April 2004 to May 2006.
Our questionnaire survey focused on the students' attitudes towards the following end-of-life areas: 1) end-of-life topics, 2) teaching methods, 3) putting theories into practice, and 4) overall end-of-life issue.
Overall, 1,039 students from 16 medical schools responded to our survey. The students who took part in the program appreciated the class on communication techniques with dying patients or family members of dying patients. As for the students who did not participate in the program, they expressed the wish to join a class concerning these issues. These students also expressed an interest in visiting hospices or conducting interviews with dying patients as part of their training. Most of the students formulated good opinions toward end-of-life issues, but not toward end-of-life practices. Regardless of whether they joined the program or not, most of the students had a positive attitude towards end-of-life education programs.
The survey highlighted the need to consider wider implementation and improvement of end-of-life care education in the Japanese curriculum.
我们于2004年4月至2006年5月对日本医学院校本科高年级医学生关于临终关怀教学项目的态度进行了一项全国性调查。
我们的问卷调查聚焦于学生对以下临终关怀领域的态度：1）临终关怀主题；2）教学方法；3）理论付诸实践；4）整体临终关怀问题。
总体而言，来自16所医学院校的1039名学生回复了我们的调查。参加该项目的学生对与临终患者或临终患者家属沟通技巧的课程表示赞赏。对于未参加该项目的学生，他们表示希望参加有关这些问题的课程。这些学生还表示有兴趣参观临终关怀机构或作为培训的一部分对临终患者进行访谈。大多数学生对临终关怀问题形成了良好的看法，但对临终关怀实践则不然。无论是否参加该项目，大多数学生对临终关怀教育项目都持积极态度。
该调查凸显了在日本课程中考虑更广泛实施和改进临终关怀教育的必要性。
