医学生接受死亡教育现状及研究

Current situation of death education for medical students

目的死亡教育是一个探讨生死关系的教育历程,了解医学生在临床工作中面对死亡/濒死患者的现状、接受死亡教育的现状及需求,并对开展死亡教育提出建议。方法研究采用问卷调查形式,应用SPSS软件进行数据分析。结果被调查者7.9%接受过系统的死亡教育,被调查者在临床工作中,57%处理濒死/死亡患者困难,被调查者51.5%认为非常有必要对临床医学生开展死亡教育。结论医学生的死亡教育匮乏、临床面对死亡/濒死患者的现状不理想,亟需开展死亡教育。建议设置科学的死亡教育课程目标;将死亡教育渗透到医学生培养的全过程;对医学生及时开展有效心理疏导。

Objective To understand the status of medical students facing dead/dying patients in clinical work,the status and the needs of receiving"death education,"and to make suggestions for"death education."Methods The study adopted a questionnaire survey and SPSS softw are for data analysis.Results 7.9%of the respondents had received systematic death education,57%of the respondents had difficulty handling dead/dying patients in clinical w ork,and 51.5%of the respondents thought it w as essential to carry out death education for clinical medical students.Conclusion There is a lack of death education for medical students,and the current situation of clinically facing dead/dying patients is not ideal.Death education is urgently needed.Recommendations Set scientific goals in death education courses;infiltrate death education into the w hole training process of medical students;develop effective,timely psychological counselling for medical students.