Background: Department of Anatomy with its time honored and integral essence, human cadaveric dissection has been trying to serve the medical profession since the inception of medicine. Every human cadaver who goes under the knife of medical student during anatomical dissection deserves special treatment and utmost respect. But unfortunately, probably the hidden curriculum of bioethical sentiments of the body donor and the human cadaver have been noted to become extinct from medical profession, until recently with the introduction of the new competency based medical education in India.
Aims and Objectives: The present study attempts to dig out the noble practices followed in various medical schools to ensure the human cadaver gets the rightful respect and dignity. Our literature review reflects the practice of students’ conduct and habits on the 1st day of dissection. We emphasize guidelines that may be sincerely recommended to medical schools to ensure respectful humanity and honor towards the human cadavers.
Materials and Methods: The psycho-social attitudes of MBBS students has been attempted to learn by distributing questionnaire to the 2019 batch MBBS students (n=60) of Late Shri Lakhiram Agrawal Memorial Government Medical College Raigarh (CG) during the foundation course (first 1 month of 1st year curriculum) and on their first encounter with the cadaver.
Results: About 95.4% and 57.5% of students showed positive and negative perceptions. The religious beliefs and emotional attachments with the cadaver were noted to be as 23.33% and 76.11%, respectively. The sentiments included cognitive, affective, moral, and behavioral.
Conclusion: The article attempts to focus the noble endeavor of the Cadaver as the first silent medical teacher who wishes to enlighten the pure minds of medical students with knowledge and empathy to be shown towards the patients. Based on the emotional observations made from the medical students on their first encounter with the cadaver, the present study anastomoses science and humanity with care, compassion, and dignity.
Introduction: Medical institutions and hospitals worldwide and India in specific are typically facing an acute shortage of donated human body and organ. Among the bouquet of reasons, awareness, attitude, legal and medical knowledge are undoubtedly the prime factorials. A better understanding will enhance this noble strategy. With the objective to interpret the dismal behavior of Indian community related to body / organ donation, we try to access the mental makeup of a cohort of urban population of tribal city of Raigarh of Chhattisgarh (India) with Undergraduate MBBS students and paramedical staff of late Shri Lakhiram Agrawal Memorial Government Medical College as the study sample. Materials and methods: A pretested self-structured questionnaire distributed to 630 (181 MBBS students and 449 Paramedical staff) participants who consented to participate followed by an awareness session with the researchers. Data obtained was statistically analyzed. Results: Among 181 MBBS students and 449 paramedics who filled consent forms, the overall awareness was found to be 90.42% with 66.03% gathering information from medical faculty of the College, followed by media (33.97%). 81.75% supported body / organ donation as need of the hour. 72.37% Medico’s and 27.64% paramedics were aware about “brain dead”. 45.30% and 31.63% were registered donors and 66.55% giving positive response to donate organs for their relatives or friends. Appropriate legal view on donation was known by 26.51% individuals only. Simultaneously, due to organ mutilation 21.55% of MBBS students and 11.59% paramedics showed unwillingness towards donation programme. Religious attitudes were also one of the causes of displeasure towards the donation programme for 22.18% respondents. Conclusion: Medical professionals are the critical in eradicating doubts regarding body / organ donation programme. A specially designed teaching intervention can be proposed in Medical teaching curriculum along with mass level ........
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