Anticipatory Feelings about Dissection: An Exercise for the First Day of a Gross Anatomy Course

Autor/in	Zumwalt, Ann C.
Titel	Anticipatory Feelings about Dissection: An Exercise for the First Day of a Gross Anatomy Course
Quelle	In: Anatomical Sciences Education, 14 (2021) 6, S.828-835 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zumwalt, Ann C.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-9772
DOI	10.1002/ase.2048
Schlagwörter	Anatomy; Human Body; Laboratory Procedures; Emotional Response; Student Experience; Empathy; Group Discussion; Freehand Drawing; Medical Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anatomie; Menschlicher Körper; Laboruntersuchung; Emotionales Verhalten; Studienerfahrung; Empathie; Gruppendiskussion; Drawing; Zeichnen
Abstract	Studies have demonstrated that students experience a variety of intense emotions in anticipation of human anatomical dissection, including enthusiasm, gratitude, responsibility, apprehension, detachment, anxiety, and spiritual or moral reflection. The exercise described here provides an opportunity to start a conversation about the complexity of students' emotional reactions to the anatomy experience. The intention of this exercise is to normalize the variety of emotions that anatomy students experience, both to demonstrate to students that their emotions are normal and to encourage the empathy for others' reactions which may differ from their own. In the lecture hall setting before the first day of dissection, students are asked to draw how they feel about the dissection experience and are provided an opportunity to discuss their drawings with their peers. The course director then provides a slide show demonstration of drawings from previous years, and experienced anatomy faculty facilitate a large group discussion in which students react to the drawing exercise and slide show and ask questions which are addressed by the faculty. This exercise provides an opportunity for students to practice appropriately communicating about emotionally complex experiences in a professional setting. The exercise is straightforward to implement and is easily modifiable for different class sizes and curricular structures. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01