Introduction to cadavers - A student's perspective

Background: Dissection of the dead human body has been central to medical education since Renaissance. First year medical mixed feelings, when they encounter Aim: In order to assess the impact dissection room, a questionnaire was prepared attitudes and dissection hall experience Material and methods: Total 181 students were given a questionnaire within 3 dissection in the dissection hall. The students were asked to answer in either ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ option. Observation: No statistical significant difference was found between the responses of male and female students except regarding the previous exposure to dead body, which was more in males and statistically significant (p<0.05). common in males in comparison to females. Conclusion: A better teacher – student interaction, pre attitudes of students towards cadaveric dissection, which will in turn offer a stable mental medicos to handle higher levels of stress in their clinical career, thereby reducing the drop