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Project No. 187 (C-2001/2)Attitude of FMHS Students, Interns and UAE Doctors Towards MedicalAutopsyStudent Authors: Latifa Yousef Mohammed Ismail, Salma Saeed Harib Saeed BinDeykhamFaculty Supervisors: Dr. A.G. Nicol, Dr. P. BadrinathAbstract:Objectives determine the attitude of FMHS students, interns and UAE national doctorstowards medical autopsy..Methods A cross-sectional survey. FMHS, UAE University and Al Ain medical district.227 medical students, 25 interns and 38 UAE national doctors in Al-Ain medicaldistrict. Subjects were asked to fill in a self-administered questionnaire. Subjects whowere willing to participate and did not know what autopsy is, were instructed to stopfilling the questionnaire. The questionnaire collected information about subjects'knowledge and attitude were willing to participate and did not know what autopsy is,were instructed to stop filling the questionnaire. The questionnaire collectedinformation about subjects' knowledge and attitudeResults Of 290 questionnaire distributed, 198 were returned (overall response ratewas 68.2%). 93.9% (n=186) of our subjects who participated in the study, knew whatautopsy is. Media represented the main source of knowledge for them. 24.1% (n=54)of the subjects knew the Islamic attitude towards medical autopsy, with media againbeing there major source of knowledge. Furthermore, 13.6% (n=25) knew what theUAE law is regarding medical autopsy. 56.5% (n=105) of our subjects felt that FMHSshould have greater emphasis on teaching autopsy.Conclusion: In conclusion, though that the majority of our subjects knew what autopsyis, a large proportion was not aware of the religious and legal views on medicalautopsy. Hence, efforts are needed to enlighten health professionals in UAE regardingthis topic.