THE NEED OF A DEBATE ABOUT DEATH AND LIVE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM

Introduction: To discuss ethical and anxieties issues related to the death during the course of medicine, the Academic Group of Mental Health, together with the Health and Society discipline, created a group discuss about the impact of using corpses in anatomy classes. Goals: Report the experience of an activity introduced by Health and Society discipline that focus on humanization and reflection on bioethical issues related to the study of human corpses within universities. Methodology: Qualitative study with experience report. Initially were conducted a study group and a roundtable about death, integrating bioethics and psychiatry. The activity became a biannual practice and already has two years of existence. Results: The first Anatomy class is a milestone in medical students’ lives. Because of that was proposing a reflective debate about death and live. The students were asked to construct sentences about corpses that would be attached to the wall in the laboratory as a way to honor the human body, that served both to science and learning. Conclusion: Death in medicine practice is considered a failure of efforts and it generates anxiety and feelings of helplessness and weakness, especially in medical student. It is necessary to expand studies and discussions about death within the medical schools to support the future professional that will have to deal with death and bioethical issues related to death while exercising the profession.