医学生接受死亡教育现状及研究

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。

Current situation of death education for medical students

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 software 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 work, and 51.5% of the respondents thought it was 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 whole training process of medical students; develop effective, timely psychological counselling for medical students.