Initiating Students' Reflections on Life's Passing in the Anatomy Course - an International Observation at 14 Universities
Journal
Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft
Journal Volume
237
Date Issued
2021-09
Author(s)
Wu, Anette
Yu, Ann Chen Xi
Chang, Cynthia Soledad
Goel, Rahul
Sagoo, Mandeep Gill
Sakurai, Takeshi
Viranta-Kovanen, Suvi
Traxler, Hannes
Waschke, Jens
Kitahara, Shuji
Keay, Kevin
Olsen, Jorgen
Brassett, Cecilia
Batti, Salma El
Vielmuth, Franziska
Sigmund, Anna Magdalena
Zeroual, Mina
Kunzel, Carol
Bernd, Paulette
Wingate, Richard
Kielstein, Heike
Noel, Geoffroy P J C
Abstract
Medical and dental students' feelings and thoughts about the topic of death and life's passing are often associated with learning in the gross anatomy course, when students begin working with a deceased body donor in order to study human anatomy. Little is known of whether the format of anatomy teaching has an impact on these experiences. An observational study was performed to capture the initiation of students' sentiments on the topic of life's passing during the anatomy course at 14 international universities, identify common themes regarding these thoughts, and to study the connection to variations in anatomy course formats and included elements.
Subjects
Anatomy course format and elements; Death; International; Life’s passing; Preclinical students
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Type
journal article