The Impact of the Medical Education on Students’ Knowledge, Opinion and Attitude to Organ Donation and Transplantation

Tıp Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin Organ Bağışı ve Nakli İle İlgili Bilgi, Düşünce ve Tutumlarına Tıp Eğitiminin Etkisi

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of medical education and training on medical students' knowledge, thoughts and attitudes to organ donation and transplantation, and also to draw attention to the subject. Materials and Methods: Totally 323 first and sixth grade students were included in this study. A questionnaire consisting of 48 questions was used to collect data. SPSS 18.0 program was used for the data input and the analyses of the study. A p value smaller than 0.05 was accepted as significant for analyses. Results: 10.21% of the participants (33 students) took education for organ donation and 8.35% (27 students) for organ transplantation. The education rate of sixth grade students for organ donation and organ transplantation was significantly higher than the education rate of first grade students. 5.57% of students (18 students) have already donated their organs, 48.60% of students (157 students) were volunteer to donate. The rate of donating of organs and claiming to donate were higher in sixth grade students. There was not a significant difference between the grades for organ donation information scores (p=0.505). For organ transplantation information score (p

Özet

Amaç: Bu çalışmamızda amaç, tıp eğitimi sonrasında hekim olmaya yaklaşmanın, tıp fakültesiöğrencilerinin organ‐doku bağışı ve nakli konusundaki bilgi, düşünce ve tutumları üzerindeki etkisiniaraştırmak ve aynı zamanda konuya ilgilerini çekmektir.Materyal ve Metot: Çalışmaya toplam 323 öğrenci dahil edilmiştir. Veri toplama aracı olarak 48sorudan oluşan anket formu kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın veri girişi ve analizleri SPSS 18.0 paket programıkullanılarak yapılmıştır. Analizlerde p