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      ACTITUDES DE LOS ESTUDIANTES COLOMBIANOS DE MEDICINA HACIA LA PRÁCTICA DE LA DISECCIÓN EN ANATOMÍA Y SU RELACIÓN CON EL PUNTAJE EN LA ESCALA DE EMPATÍA MÉDICA DE JEFFERSON Translated title: Colombian medical students' attitudes towards dissection during anatomy classes and their relationship with a score on the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy

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          Resumen Antecedentes. La práctica de la disección anatómica de cadáveres humanos es una herramienta fundamental en la enseñanza de la anatomía. A través de las prácticas se transmiten no sólo conocimientos teóricos sino además emocionales y del comportamiento que pueden ser de importancia en la construcción de la relación médico-paciente. Objetivo. Caracterizar las actitudes de los estudiantes de pregrado en medicina hacia la práctica de la disección y su relación con la puntuación en la escala de empatía médica de Jefferson. Material y métodos. Se realizó un estudio de corte transversal, con información recolectada en 5 facultades de medicina de Bogotá (Colombia) durante el segundo semestre del año 2010. El instrumento incluyó variables socio demográficas, de actitudes hacia la disección y la escala de empatía médica de Jefferson. Como medida de relación se calcularon razones de prevalencia y sus intervalos de confianza al 95%. Resultados. En total se encuestaron 904 estudiantes. La edad promedio fue de 19,4 +/- 2,8 años; el 51,8% fueron mujeres y el 48,2% hombres. La práctica de la disección evoca emociones positivas y que se relacionan con un mayor interés por aprender. El promedio del puntaje en la escala de empatía médica de Jefferson fue de 113,34. Las mujeres obtuvieron un puntaje significativamente mayor (p=0,012). Ninguna de las razones de prevalencias calculadas fue significativa. Conclusión. Las actitudes de los estudiantes hacia la disección son positivas y en este estudio no se relacionaron con la puntuación en la escala de empatía médica de Jefferson.

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          Background. Anatomical dissection of human corpses is a fundamental tool when teaching anatomy, thereby leading to gaining theoretical and emotional knowledge and raising awareness regarding behaviour which could be important in building up the doctor-patient relationship. Objective. Characterising undergraduate medical students' attitudes towards dissection and their relationship with a score on the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE). Materials and Methods. This was a cross-sectional study which used information collected from 5 medicine faculties in Bogotá (Colombia) during the second semester, 2010. The instrument included socio-demographic variables regarding attitudes towards dissection and the JSPE. Prevalence ratios and the pertinent 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Results. 904 students were surveyed; their average age in years was 19.4 +/- 2.8 (51.8% were female and 48.2% male). Dissection evoked positive emotions which were related to a greater interest in learning. Average JSPE score was 113.34. Females obtained a significantly higher score (p=0.012). None of the prevalence ratios were significant. Conclusion. Students' attitudes towards dissection were positive in this study and were not related to a score on the JSPE.

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                Journal
                rfmun
                Revista de la Facultad de Medicina
                rev.fac.med.
                Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia )
                0120-0011
                December 2011
                : 59
                : 4
                : 281-307
                Affiliations
                [02] Bogotá orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Colombia orgdiv1Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina
                [01] Bogotá orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
                Article
                S0120-00112011000400002 S0120-0011(11)05900402
                2e4b7485-2530-42e7-a267-4923f062fffa

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 18 August 2011
                : 22 August 2011
                : 17 June 2010
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                dissection,MeSH,empathy,attitude,undergraduate,medical education,DeCS,empatía,actitudes,pregrado,educación médica,disección

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