Students' Physical and Psychological Reactions to Forensic Dissection: Are There Risk Factors?

Autor/inn/en	Sergentanis, Theodoros N.; Papadodima, Stavroula A.; Evaggelakos, Christos I.; Mytilinaios, Dimitrios G.; Goutas, Nikolaos D.; Spiliopoulou, Chara A.
Titel	Students' Physical and Psychological Reactions to Forensic Dissection: Are There Risk Factors?
Quelle	In: Anatomical Sciences Education, 3 (2010) 6, S.287-294 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-9772
DOI	10.1002/ase.182
Schlagwörter	Medical Education; Laboratory Procedures; Crime; Medical Students; Student Reaction; Risk; Gender Differences; Coping; Stereotypes; Beliefs; Fear; Death; Foreign Countries; Greece (Athens) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Medizinische Ausbildung; Laboruntersuchung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Schülerkritik; Risiko; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bewältigung; Klischee; Belief; Glaube; Furcht; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Ausland
Abstract	The reactions of students to forensic dissection encompass psychologico-emotional and physical components. This exploratory study aimed to determine risk factors for students' adverse physical and psychological reactions to forensic dissection. All sixth-year medical students (n = 304) attending the compulsory practical course in forensic medicine in the 2005-2006 academic year were asked to complete a questionnaire at the conclusion of the five-day course. The questionnaire surveyed physical and psychological reactions (outcomes) and 47 student traits, beliefs, and behaviors (risk factors) that might predispose to adverse reactions. Multivariate ordinal logistic regression yielded five independent risk factors for negative psychological reactions: female gender, stereotypic beliefs about forensic pathologists, a less cognitive and more emotional frame of mind relative to forensic dissection, more passive coping strategies, and greater fear of death. The sole independent risk factor for physical symptoms was a less cognitive/more emotional approach to dissection. Students' reactions to forensic dissection integrate a host of inherent and dissection-related risk factors, and future interventions to improve this aspect of medical education will need to take into account the complexities underlying students' experiences with dissection. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10