Modernising Anatomy Teaching: Which Resources Do Students Rely On?
| Autor: | Thomas D. A. Cosker, Matthew Williams, Christopher Horton, Billy Ching Leung |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
urogential
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, Vol 7 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2382-1205 |
| Popis: | The way in which we learn anatomy has changed exponentially over the decades and students now have access to lecture notes, textbooks, computer-assisted programmes, and a wide variety of internet based information. This study explored which resources were the most (and least) useful for a group of first year, undergraduate, medical students, with minimal prior content exposure (aged 18 and 19 years old, n = 76), over an 18 month period. Anatomy websites were found to be the most useful (30%), followed by tutorials (20%) and lectures (19%). A total of 13% found the university computer-assisted learning (CAL) platform least useful. We subsequently enhanced our ‘urogenital’ CAL anatomy module, with inclusion of new and updated images, videos and tutorials, as well as, digital and printed 3D-models. A post-intervention survey (n = 81) showed an increase from 12% to 27% for CAL as being most useful, and a decrease from 13% to 3% as being least useful. Our results provided a snapshot of students’ preferences in studying anatomy, and highlighted the importance of digital platforms and the need for evaluating our own learning resources. We must be mindful that there is an increasing tendency for students to rely on the Internet for information, which may expose them to unfiltered and unreliable content. We conclude that educators must be aware of the spectrum of learning resources used by students, to ensure that our own Institutional eLearning platforms are optimised to meet the diverse needs of learners. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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