What emotions do physical therapy students feel during their first visit to the dissection room?

Romo‐Barrientos, Carmen; Viñuela, Antonio; Mohedano-Moriano, Alicia; Úbeda-Bañón, Isabel; Saiz-Sánchez, Daniel; Aceituno-Gómez, Javier; Pavon, María; Crespo, Miriam López; Martin, Donald S.; Martı́nez-Marcos, Alino; Criado‐Álvarez, Juan José

doi:10.1016/j.aanat.2021.151777

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“…These reactions and feelings have been studied in medical students from different countries, such as Germany, 1,14 France, 15 Turkey, 16 Hungary, 17 Ireland, 18 Nigeria, 19 South Africa 20 and Spain, 21,22 and in students from other health science disciplines. [23][24][25][26] The distress is caused by different factors, such as no previous medical training, a lack of previous experience with death and dying and gender. To overcome the disruptive effects on the learning process, several interventions before, during and even after the dissection course have been recommended to reduce anxiety (reviewed by Ref.…”

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Anxiety, emotions, and thoughts of veterinary medicine students during their first visit to the dissection room

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Gómez

Chicharro

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Anatomical Sciences Ed

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The use of cadavers is essential for veterinary anatomy learning. However, facing an animal corpse can be stressful for veterinary students because of their empathy toward animals. The objective of this study was to evaluate veterinary medicine students' emotions, feelings, and anxiety levels related to practicals with dog cadavers. Two questionnaires were administered to 1st year students (n = 168) at CEU Cardenal Herrera University in Valencia (Spain) before and after their first practical session with cadavers. The application of State–Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaires showed that “state anxiety” decreased significantly (p < 0.05), from a score of 14.8 before the practical to 10.4 after, and that female students showed higher but not significantly different levels than males. Most (64%) of the students were not willing to donate the bodies of their pets, and those students were more stressed before the practical than their peers, although their anxiety levels significantly decreased by the end of the session. The majority of the students answered positively about emotions, such as feeling calm, safe, not nervous, relaxed and not worried before the practical, and this increased significantly to more than 80% by the end of the session. The visualization of educational videos prior to the session was evaluated positively by students. These results agree with those reported in other health science disciplines, showing that students face practical sessions with corpses in a similar way and suggesting that the use of videos can help decrease anxiety and enhance their learning experience.

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Anxiety, emotions, and thoughts of veterinary medicine students during their first visit to the dissection room

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“…During the first wave of the COVID pandemic, an increase in anxiety in female health professionals was evidenced [ 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 ]. Concurrently, other studies with undergraduates have shown higher levels of trait anxiety in women [ 9 , 10 ].…”

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“…Anxiety helps prepare an individual to respond and act appropriately to a situation [ 4 , 5 ], which is crucial in health-assistance settings. Anxiety has been detailed previously in other studies [ 6 , 7 , 8 ], especially among women [ 9 , 10 ].…”

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Gender Differences in Anxiety, Attitudes, and Fear among Nursing Undergraduates Coping with CPR Training with PPE Kit for COVID

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Martin-Rodríguez

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Background: The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes, fears, and anxiety level of nursing students faced with a critical clinical simulation (cardiopulmonary reanimation) with and without personal protective equipment (PPE). Methods: A pilot before–after study as conducted from 21 to 25 June 2021, with 24 students registered in the nursing degree of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Castilla-La Mancha University (UCLM) in the city of Talavera de la Reina (Toledo, Spain). From 520 possible participants, only 24 were selected according to the exclusion and inclusion criteria. The STAI Manual for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, a self-evaluation questionnaire, was used to study trait STAI (basal anxiety), trait STAI before CPR, state STAI after CPR, total STAI before CPR, and total STAI after CPR as the main variables. A t-test was used to study the STAI variables according to sex and the physiological values related to the anxiety level of participants. An ANOVA statistical test was used to perform a data analysis of the STAI variables. Results: A total of 54.2% of participants (IC 95% 35.1–72.1) suffered from global anxiety before the cardiopulmonary reanimation maneuvers (CPR). The results of the STAI before CPR maneuvers showed significant differences according to gender in state anxiety (p = 0.04), with a higher level of anxiety in women (22.38 ± 7.69 vs. 15.82 ± 7.18). Conclusions: This study demonstrates different levels of anxiety in terms of gender suffered by nursing students in high-pressure environments, such as a CPR situation.

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“…All participants ( n = 36) in the pilot study were given an anonymous and invalidated questionnaire, based on the model of Miguel-Perez et al from 2007 and used by other authors [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 43 ], which was designed for the study of the feelings and emotions that they felt about the practical session [ 11 ]. To assess their states of anxiety, the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was used.…”

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The Effect of Visualization Techniques on Students of Occupational Therapy during the First Visit to the Dissection Room

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Background: Part of the basic teaching of human anatomy are prosection sessions with a human corpse, which may generate stress or anxiety among students. The objective of this work was to study how, through the visualization technique (a coping technique), these levels could be reduced before starting prosection classes. Methods: A cross-sectional pilot study was conducted involving first-year students who had never participated in screening sessions. Prior to the visit, occupational therapy students underwent a viewing session (visualization technique). On the day of the visit, before and after the screening session, an anonymous questionnaire was distributed to find out about aspects of the students’ experiences, such as their feelings and perceptions. The State–Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to assess anxiety. Results: The baseline levels of anxiety measured remained stable (from 18.5 to 18.2 points), with no differences being found (p > 0.05). The levels of emotional anxiety measured fell from 15.2 to 12.6 points (p < 0.05). Before starting the class, there were six students (17.1%) with anxiety criteria, and this figure was doubled at the end of the session (33.3%) (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Sessions in a dissection room can cause stressful experiences and change the emotional balances of some students. The results obtained and published here showed no significant differences after the visualization technique. We found that the students believed that the prosection sessions were very useful for teaching anatomy.

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What emotions do physical therapy students feel during their first visit to the dissection room?

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Anxiety, emotions, and thoughts of veterinary medicine students during their first visit to the dissection room

Anxiety, emotions, and thoughts of veterinary medicine students during their first visit to the dissection room

Gender Differences in Anxiety, Attitudes, and Fear among Nursing Undergraduates Coping with CPR Training with PPE Kit for COVID

The Effect of Visualization Techniques on Students of Occupational Therapy during the First Visit to the Dissection Room

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