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시신 해부에 대한 학생들의 반응과 해부학 학습 방법에 대한 인식

Reactions of First-Year Medical Students to Cadaver Dissection and Their Perception on Learning Methods in Anatomy

Korean Journal of Medical Education 2011;23(4):275-283.
Published online: December 31, 2011

1고려대학교 의과대학 의학교육학교실

2고려대학교 의과대학 해부학교실

1Department of Medical Education, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

2Department of Anatomy, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding Author: Young-Mee Lee1, Sun-Hwa Park22 Departments of 1Medical Education and 2Anatomy, Korea University College of Medicine, 126-1 Anam-dong 5-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Korea Tel: +82.2.920.6098 Fax: +82.2.928.1647 email: ymleehj@korea.ac.kr Tel: +82.2.920.6152 Fax: +82.2.929.5696 email: parksh@korea.ac.kr
• Received: August 23, 2011   • Revised: September 20, 2011   • Accepted: September 22, 2011

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Reactions of First-Year Medical Students to Cadaver Dissection and Their Perception on Learning Methods in Anatomy
Reactions of First-Year Medical Students to Cadaver Dissection and Their Perception on Learning Methods in Anatomy
Response to dissection No. First Resent
Physical Mile headache or dizziness 109 44 (40.4) 19 (17.4)
Decrease of appetite 109 19 (17.4) 9 (8.3)
Disgust 110 11 (10.0) 3 (2.7)
Headache 109 20 (18.3) 13 (11.9)
Eye soreness 110 78 (71.6) 52 (47.7)
Nausea 109 17 (15.6)a) 17 (15.7)
Emotional Sadness 110 25 (22.7) 4 (3.7)
Crying 110 3 (2.7) -
Feeling of guilt 109 21 (19.3) 13 (11.9)
Anxiety 110 19 (17.3) 6 (5.5)c)
Fear 110 25 (22.7) 1 (0.9)
Surprise 110 42 (38.2)b) 1 (0.9)
Depression 110 41 (37.3) 19 (17.4)
Response of dissection practice Mean (of items’ total)a) SD (of items’ total) t
Physical response First practice 0.29 0.22 6.404***
Recent practice 0.17 0.19
Emotional response First practice 0.23 0.25 8.432***
Recent practice 0.06 0.11
Types of groupings Undergraduates Graduate students Total p-value
Mixed grouping 5 (8.8) 9 (17.3) 14 (12.8) χ2=2.461
Divided grouping 25 (43.9) 17 (32.7) 42 (38.5) p<0.05
No matter how 27 (47.4) 26 (50.0) 53 (48.6)
Total 57 (100.0) 52 (100.0) 109 (100.0)
Items No. Mean SD t p-value
Professor’s lecture Undergrad 50 4.20 0.67 -2.327 0.022
Grad 51 4.49 0.58
Carcass dissection Undergrad 50 4.14 0.73 -3.763 0
Grad 51 4.63 0.56
Peer group discussion Undergrad 50 3.90 0.68 -2.125 0.036
Grad 51 4.20 0.72
Anatomy textbooks Undergrad 50 4.12 0.66 0.28 0.78
Grad 51 4.08 0.82
Sample questions from previous tests (Sources of exam questions) Undergrad 50 3.60 0.97 -2.49 0.014
Grad 51 4.02 0.71
Handouts provided by Professor Undergrad 50 3.96 0.73 -1.607 0.111
Grad 51 4.20 0.75
Items No. Mean SD t p-value
Increasing hours of lecture Undergrad 50 2.96 0.81 -0.961 0.339
Grad 51 3.12 0.84 3.04
Increasing hours of dissection Undergrad 50 2.84 0.74 -1.819 0.072
Grad 51 3.14 0.90 2.99
Senior Orientation before the lecture started Undergrad 50 4.08 0.80 0.454 0.651
Grad 51 4.00 0.96
Teaching assistant’s dissection demonstrations or instructions Undergrad 50 2.66 1.02 -4.439 0.000
Grad 50 3.50 0.86 3.08
Visual materials using computer graphics Undergrad 50 4.34 0.66 0.347 0.730
Grad 51 4.29 0.67
More detailed handouts Undergrad 50 3.76 0.80 -1.978 0.051
Grad 51 4.08 0.82 3.92
Offering clinical situations or cases that informed how to apply to patient care Undergrad 50 3.44 0.97 -1.734 0.086
Grad 50 3.76 0.87 3.6
Table 1. Physical and Emotional Responses to Dissection Unit

Values are presented as frequency (%).

In the first practice, undergraduate and graduate students had a statistically significant difference in nausea (undergraduate 23.2%, graduate 7.5%, χ2=5.077, p<0.05) and surprise (undergraduate 26.3%, graduate 50.9%, χ2=7.057, p<0.01).

In the recent practice, undergraduate and graduate students had a statistically significant difference in anxiety (undergraduate 10.5%, graduate none, χ2=5.077, p<0.05).

Table 2. Physical and Emotional Responses to Dissection

SD: Standard deviation.

Five-point Likert scale.

p<0.001.

Table 3. Preferred Group Type for Laboratory Practice Unit

Values are presented as frequency (%).

Table 4. Teaching Methods and Materials helpful in Learning Anatomy Unit

Values are presented as frequency (%).

SD: Standard deviation, Undergrad: Undergraduate, Grad: Graduate.

Table 5. Teaching Methods and Materials helpful for Better Studying

SD: Standard deviation, Undergrad: Undergraduate, Grad: Graduate