Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey.
Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey.
Transplant Proc. 2022 Oct;54(8):2057-2062. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.08.021. Epub 2022 Oct 5.
Organ and cadaver donation are 2 important issues that contribute to the future of medicine. Organ donation is a miraculous gift and enables the donor to continue to "live" in others. Cadavers are usually part of medical students' first encounters with clinical work and play a very important role in medical education. The attitudes of medical students toward both organ and cadaver donation were evaluated in the current study.
Sixteen phrases about cadaver and organ donation were presented to the fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-year students of the Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine. The answers were compared between male and female students using the χ test.
There was a significant difference between the answers of the male and female students only to the first item (P = .043). Very important data were also obtained from the answers given to the other items in the study. Although many students, both male and female, agreed with the item "I would donate my organs," the rate of agreement with "I would donate my body as a cadaver" was low for both sexes.
The results obtained from the study regarding organ and cadaver donation awareness are significant. It is extremely important to deal with the reluctance regarding this matter, starting from the medical students, to inform society in the appropriate manner.
器官和遗体捐赠是推动医学发展的两个重要问题。器官捐赠是一种神奇的礼物，使捐赠者能够在他人身上继续“存活”。遗体通常是医学生首次接触临床工作的一部分，在医学教育中起着非常重要的作用。本研究评估了医学生对器官和遗体捐赠的态度。
向卡法斯大学医学院的四年级、五年级和六年级学生展示了关于遗体和器官捐赠的 16 个短语。使用 χ 检验比较男女学生的答案。
只有第一项（P =.043）在男女学生的答案之间存在显著差异。从研究中其他项目的回答中也获得了非常重要的数据。尽管许多男女学生都同意“我愿意捐献我的器官”这一说法，但男女学生对“我愿意捐献自己的遗体作为遗体”的认同率都很低。
本研究关于器官和遗体捐赠意识的结果具有重要意义。从医学生开始，以适当的方式向社会告知，解决对此事的抵触情绪至关重要。
