Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, 27310, Turkey.
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, 27310, Turkey.
Surg Radiol Anat. 2021 Apr;43(4):481-487. doi: 10.1007/s00276-020-02567-8. Epub 2020 Sep 9.
The encounter with the cadaver is one of the few experiences that have a profound effect on the educational life of the medical students. The objective of this study was to investigate medical student's attitudes and opinions towards the use of cadaver in anatomy education, as well as the factors affecting the emotional reactions they demonstrate in their repeated encounter with the cadaver.
Before the study, ethics committee approval for the study was obtained from the Gaziantep University Clinical Researches Ethical Committee (decision date and number: 2016/40). Two different questionnaires were administered to 351 students who participated in the study. Questionnaire-I was administered before the student's first encounter with the cadaver, whereas Questionnaire-II was administered twice, one after student's first encounter with the cadaver and the other after student's fifth encounter with the cadaver.
The females got significantly more excited before their first encounter with the cadaver, and that they felt more fear and more sadness for the cadaver (p = 0.001, p = 0.002, and p = 0.019, respectively). On the other hand, the males felt significantly readier to see the cadaver (p = 0.002). It was found that statements of emotional shock, excitement, sadness, and fear coming from the participants decreased significantly after their fifth encounter with the cadaver (p = 0.028, p = 0.001, p = 0.048, and p = 0.039, respectively).
Repeated encounters with cadavers were found to have reduced the negative emotions felt by the students, but have negatively affected the thoughts of the students in respect of donating their bodies.
与尸体的接触是对医学生教育生活产生深远影响的少数经历之一。本研究的目的是调查医学生对在解剖学教育中使用尸体的态度和看法，以及影响他们在反复接触尸体时表现出的情绪反应的因素。
在研究之前，我们从加济安泰普大学临床研究伦理委员会获得了研究的伦理委员会批准（决定日期和编号：2016/40）。我们向 351 名参与研究的学生发放了两份不同的问卷。问卷一在学生第一次接触尸体之前发放，而问卷二则在学生第一次接触尸体后和第五次接触尸体后各发放一次。
女性在第一次接触尸体前明显更加兴奋，并且对尸体感到更加恐惧和悲伤（p=0.001，p=0.002 和 p=0.019）。另一方面，男性感觉更愿意看到尸体（p=0.002）。研究发现，参与者在第五次接触尸体后，情绪震惊、兴奋、悲伤和恐惧的表述明显减少（p=0.028，p=0.001，p=0.048 和 p=0.039）。
重复接触尸体被发现可以减少学生的负面情绪，但对学生捐献自己身体的想法产生了负面影响。
