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However, exposure to human cadavers might be stressful and anxiety-inducing for students. The aim of this study is to explore the degree of satisfaction and anxiety among first-year students in the Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Nursing programmes at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) who are experiencing their first dissection\/prosection practice to develop stress coping strategies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 204 health sciences students participated in this study. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to evaluate anxiety.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>\u2018State Anxiety\u2019 (SA) decreased significantly throughout the course (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05), from 20.7\u2009\u00b1\u200919.29 to 13.7\u2009\u00b1\u200911.65 points. 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