Attitude towards cadaver demonstration among first-year dental students

Anatomical demonstration is one of the important parts of learning and understanding anatomy. It is considered an essential requirement in learning gross anatomy. It plays an important role in shaping medical and dental students attitude. The survey was conducted online. Questionnaires which consist...

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Published inInternational journal of research in pharmaceutical sciences Vol. 11; no. SPL3; pp. 1805 - 1813
Main Authors Sneka S, Yuvaraj Babu K, Gayatri Devi R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.10.2020
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Summary:Anatomical demonstration is one of the important parts of learning and understanding anatomy. It is considered an essential requirement in learning gross anatomy. It plays an important role in shaping medical and dental students attitude. The survey was conducted online. Questionnaires which consist of 18 questions were prepared and distributed through google forms. The study population consists of 100 first-year dental students. From the collected data, 73% of them have seen the cadaver, the remaining 26% of them had never seen the cadaver before. This study helps students to improve their attitude on cadaver demonstration. Cadaver demonstration is essential and indispensable in learning anatomy. This study helps in knowing the attitude of the students towards cadaver demonstration. From this study, it has been concluded that cadaver demonstration enhances the skill of thinking in a logical manner and also cadaver demonstration gives better results than cadaver dissection.
ISSN:0975-7538
0975-7538
DOI:10.26452/ijrps.v11iSPL3.3520