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A Multicentre Analysis of Approaches to Learning and Student Experiences of Learning Anatomy Online.


ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The approaches to learning students adopt when learning anatomy online could yield important lessons for educators. Dissection room teaching can encourage students to adopt a deep approach to learning anatomy. It was therefore hypothesized that the proportion of students adopting a deep approach to learning would be lower in a population learning anatomy online. This research aims to investigate the experiences of students learning anatomy online during the COVID-19 pandemic and the approaches to learning they adopted.

Methods

A survey was distributed to medical students at 7 universities across the UK and Ireland. The survey included two previously validated questionnaires: Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students and Anatomy Learning Experience Questionnaire.

Results

The analysis included 224 unique student responses. Students' approach to learning mirrored reports from previous studies conducted during face-to-face tuition with 44.3% adopting deep, 40.7% strategic, 11.4% surface, and 3.6% combined learning approaches. The university (p = 0.019) and changes to formative (p = 0.016) and summative (p = 0.009) assessments significantly impacted approach to learning. Students reported that online resources were effective but highlighted the need for clearer guidance on how to find and use them successfully.

Conclusion

It is important to highlight that students value in-person opportunities to learn from human cadaveric material and hence dissection room sessions should remain at the forefront of anatomical education. It is recommended that future online and/or blended provisions of anatomy teaching include varied resources that maximize engagement with media featuring cadaveric specimens.

Supplementary information

The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-022-01633-7.

SUBMITTER: Stone D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9483883 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Multicentre Analysis of Approaches to Learning and Student Experiences of Learning Anatomy Online.

Stone Danya D   Longhurst Georga J GJ   Dulohery Kate K   Campbell Thomas T   Richards Annalise A   O'Brien Dominic D   Franchi Thomas T   Hall Samuel S   Border Scott S  

Medical science educator 20220919 5


<h4>Introduction</h4>The approaches to learning students adopt when learning anatomy online could yield important lessons for educators. Dissection room teaching can encourage students to adopt a deep approach to learning anatomy. It was therefore hypothesized that the proportion of students adopting a deep approach to learning would be lower in a population learning anatomy online. This research aims to investigate the experiences of students learning anatomy online during the COVID-19 pandemic  ...[more]

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