Attitudes and reactions of Jordanian medical students to the dissecting room

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 416-421

  Bataineh, Ziad M ^a   Hijazi, Taghreed A ^b   Hijleh, Marwan F Abu ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Coping methods; Dissection course; Medical students; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISSECTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PEDAGOGICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANATOMY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISSECTION; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RATIONALIZATION; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33746679142     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0101-4     Document Type: Article

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