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- Title
Investigation of cadaver and dissection infrastructure and opportunities in the anatomy departments of faculty of medicine.
- Authors
Çeri, Nazlı Gülriz; Tellioğlu, Ayfer Metin; Akdoğan, Hayriye Dilek; İpek, Eda Duygu; Bingöl, Betül; Akdoğan, Ilgaz
- Abstract
Objective: The infrastructure of the dissection room and the facilities it provides, as well as the sufficient level of personal protective equipment used, are important for cadaver dissection to be performed correctly and healthily. In our study, we aim to obtain information about the infrastructure and functioning of anatomy laboratories in order to investigate the educational opportunities of undergraduate and graduate students studying anatomy in medical faculties. Methods: The 37-question survey prepared via Google Survey was sent by e-mail to the faculty members at the department of anatomy, faculty of medicine, and the 32 responses returned were evaluated statistically. Results: In 2.9% of the faculty of medicine laboratories, there is no cadaver dissection room or cadaver at all. It was observed that 74.3% of undergraduate students and 17.1% of postgraduate and specialist students could not perform dissection. Although there are active ventilation systems in the dissection halls in 91.4%, 37.1% of them were not sufficient, 88.6% were not subject to regular formaldehyde exposure measurements, and 48.6% were reported to be subjected to periodic ventilation by the occupational safety unit of the anatomy laboratory. Conclusion: The fact that the number of cadavers used in anatomy education is quite low, and even some medical faculties do not have cadavers is an important issue that causes functional problems in anatomy education and should be taken seriously. Expanding and re-evaluating the study will be an important step in the anatomy accreditation process.
- Subjects
MEDICAL cadavers; PERSONAL protective equipment; MEDICAL laboratories; INFORMATION superhighway; DISSECTION; INDUSTRIAL safety
- Publication
Anatomy: International Journal of Experimental & Clinical Anatomy, 2024, Vol 18, pS4
- ISSN
1307-8798
- Publication type
Article