The effect of professional education on medical and nursing students’ attitudes toward death

Baykara, Zehra Göçmen; Keleş, Şükrü; Karabulut, Seyhan Demir; Gül, Şenay; Eren, Handan; İskender, Mahinur Durmuş; Yıldız, Abdullah; Kavas, Mustafa Volkan; Yalım, Neyyire Yasemin

doi:10.1080/07481187.2020.1850546

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“…In the study by Şahin et al (2016), it was similarly reported that students defined death with concepts such as a new beginning, the end of life, annihilation and being unable to see loved ones again. The result of this study was in a similar vein to several studies in the relevant literature (Baykara et al, 2020;Temelli & Cerit, 2019;Uysal et al, 2019;Yiğitoğlu & Özer, 2012). On the other hand, it was discerned that phenomena such as helplessness and being unable to admit were not addressed often in previous studies.…”

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“…The students thought that death is a part of life and an incident that is supposed to take place. Death is viewed as an event that takes place in the course of time and perceived as a part of the cycle of life (Baykara et al, 2020). One of the significant points in the statements of the students who defined death as a part of life was that death would be acceptable after human beings have reached their targets.…”

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What Intern Nursing Students in Turkey Think About Death and End-of-Life Care? A Qualitative Exploration

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2021

J Relig Health

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This descriptive qualitative study was planned to determine the views of intern nursing students about death and end-of-life care. The study was completed with 12 intern students based on the criterion of data saturation. As a result of the study, the categories of 'end,' 'uncertainty,' 'fear,' 'beginning,' 'helplessness' under the theme of death, 'ensuring peace,' 'continuing communication' 'providing psychosocial/ spiritual support,' 'acting in conformity with principles of ethics/morality,' 'continuing to provide physical care,' 'supporting the family,' 'making the best use of the limited remaining time or helping the patient's last wishes come true' under the theme of end-of-life care emerged.

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What Intern Nursing Students in Turkey Think About Death and End-of-Life Care? A Qualitative Exploration

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2021

J Relig Health

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“…In the present study, it was demonstrated that the majority of HPs had no prior training towards death management, either in a professional or personal level, and those who were trained believed that courses were inadequate. Death education helps HPs to become familiar with death, adopt a professional attitude, develop communication and empathy skills, acquire confidence and competence in death management and besides, teaches HPs how to cope positively with grief (Dodd et al, 2020; Gocmen Baykara et al, 2020). That is probably why half of the participants (50.4%) agreed very strongly that all HPs should be trained towards death management in a professional and personal level.…”

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Attitudes and Experiences Towards Death of Healthcare Professionals Working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

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Background Death is an integral part of neonatal intensive care units’ (NICUs) environment and little it is known about NICU’s staff death concepts. Aim To investigate attitudes and experiences towards death of healthcare professionals (HPs) working in NICUs Design Totally 131 participants from six hospitals were included in the study. Research instruments were a questionnaire designed by the authors and the scale Death Attitude Profile-Revised. Results Gender, marital and educational status, frequent contact with end of life neonates and provision of neonatal end of life care during the research period correlated significantly with dimensions of DAP-R. Impact of NICU neonatal deaths on personal life correlated negatively with fear of death and positively with escape acceptance. Conclusion Evaluating the interrelationships among personal characteristics, attitudes and experiences towards death among NICU HPs may increase our understanding concerning working with dying neonates and provide direction for educational intervention and continuing professional support.

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“…The evaluation indexes included the ability of medical students to correctly implement hospice care in practice and to deal with communication with patients' families. The research on the effectiveness of death education for medical students needs to comprehensively apply different evaluation methods and indicators to evaluate the effect and influence of death education for medical students in a scientific, objective and comprehensive way, and provide scientific basis for further improving death education for medical students [14][15].…”

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Lack of Death Education in Chinese Medical Students and Countermeasures

2023

IJPHPM

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Medical students would face a large number of life and death patients in the future medical practice. Death education plays an important role in cultivating medical students' humanistic care and professional quality. However, there are some problems in the death education of Chinese medical students. This study investigated the knowledge reserve, attitude and practice of death education of medical students in different grades in China by means of questionnaire, and put forward corresponding countermeasures. It is found that Chinese medical students have less knowledge and practical experience in death education, and there are misunderstandings about hospice care and pain relief, as well as fear and taboo about death. This lack not only affects the professional quality and clinical practice ability of medical students, but also has a negative impact on the quality of life of patients. In order to improve the level of death education of Chinese medical students, this study puts forward several countermeasures, including strengthening the setting of death education curriculum, improving the teaching quality of teachers, carrying out practical education and multi-disciplinary cooperation. Finally, the experimental results showed that after receiving death education, the fear of death of medical students gradually decreased with the passage of time, and the fear level dropped from 5.3 to 3.0. These measures help to improve the level of death education and clinical practice ability of medical students, and improve the quality and effect of medical services

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The effect of professional education on medical and nursing students’ attitudes toward death

Cited by 9 publications

References 35 publications

What Intern Nursing Students in Turkey Think About Death and End-of-Life Care? A Qualitative Exploration

What Intern Nursing Students in Turkey Think About Death and End-of-Life Care? A Qualitative Exploration

Attitudes and Experiences Towards Death of Healthcare Professionals Working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Lack of Death Education in Chinese Medical Students and Countermeasures

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