대학생의 웰다잉 교육에 대한 학습효과 평가

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the pre- and post-class learning effects based on the awareness of and attitude towards well-dying, as well as the importance of its space planning, and to provide basic data on the education of future death and the well-dying space. This study used 82 college students who attended a liberal arts course jointly organized by K University and U University as subjects. Prior to the commencement of the said course, a group survey was carried out, then classes were held for six weeks on topics such as the understanding of death, slow medicine, intimate environment, well-dying places, well-dying moments, and making well-dying boards. Subsequently, on the seventh week, the opinions were gathered again through the identical survey conducted earlier. The results of the study were as follows: 1) The perception of well-dying among the university students grew more positive, diverse, and specific in the post-class evaluation compared to the pre-class survey. 2) The analysis of the changes in the pre- and post-class perception of the importance of well-dying space indicated that the planning for the safe space related to the barrier-free facilities and the space planning in consideration of the privacy that respects the patient’s personal life were enhanced with regard to the physical planning elements and the emotional planning elements, respectively. As for the social planning elements, an improvement was observed in the space planning that respects the space where the families enjoy together as well as the space for social activities, while the importance as to the space that provides spiritual comfort in respect for human dignity has been strengthened for the spiritual planning elements. 3) Based on the basic premise that the well-dying is about accepting human dignity and preparing for death, and that the well-dying space should be provided with measures and support that fully respect the fundamental character of the patient, the study clearly displayed that changes in the awareness of certain ‘well-dying spaces’ are obtainable through education.