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| Title |
On death and dying – an exploratory and evaluative study of a reflective, interdisciplinary course element in undergraduate anatomy teaching
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Education, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6920-14-15 |
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| Authors |
Bernd Alt-Epping, Constanze Lohse, Christoph Viebahn, Nicole von Steinbüchel, Gesine Benze, Friedemann Nauck |
| Abstract |
Teaching in palliative care aims not only at providing students with specialized knowledge in symptom therapy in advanced disease, but also at developing a professional attitude consistent with the principles and philosophy of palliative care. Reflecting about one's own or the patient's death and dying is considered essential for empathic patient care. In medical education the dissection course is often the first encounter with the issue of death and dying and represents a significant emotional challenge to many medical students.Against this background we implemented a new course element in preparation for the dissection course, offering opportunity to reflect own experiences with death and dying and providing support in finding a balance between authentic empathy and pragmatic action towards deceased persons. We discuss issues such as dignity and professional distance and reason whether guided support for medical students regarding these issues might influence their future attitude as doctors caring for their patients. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 18% |
| Unknown | 9 | 82% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 64% |
| Scientists | 2 | 18% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 143 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 138 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 17 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 8% |
| Other | 36 | 25% |
| Unknown | 33 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 51 | 36% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 9% |
| Psychology | 10 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 4% |
| Unknown | 43 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 August 2019.
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#1,944,524
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Outputs from BMC Medical Education
#262
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#23,387
of 313,122 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Education
#7
of 47 outputs
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