Improving the efficacy of cadaveric demonstrations for undergraduate anatomy education

Authors : İlker SELCUK, Mehmet ULKİR, Caner KOSE, Burak ERSAK, Hatice Yağmur ZENGİN, İlkan TATAR, Deniz DEMİRYÜREK

Pages : 200-204

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Publication Date : 2019-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate if student number is a factor for the efficacy of cadaveric demonstrations in undergraduate anatomy education. Methods: For a female pelvic anatomy cadaveric demonstration lecture of second-year medical students at the anatomy laboratory of Hacettepe University School of Medicine, students were divided into 3 groups of 45, 30 and 15 participants. Each group was further divided into 3 subgroups. Thus, there were 3 groups with 15 participants, 3 subgroups with 10 participants and 3 subgroups with 5 participants insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(3×15, 3×10, 3×5);. After the cadaveric demonstration, the participants were asked if they had seen the structure previously listed in the checklist or not. Results: The number of medical students who missed small anatomical structures such as the umbilical artery, ureter or uterine artery during the cadaveric demonstration significantly decreased as the number of students per cadaver table decreased insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. Best results were obtained when the number of students per cadaver table was 5. On the other hand, no significant difference was found between the groups for missing gross anatomical structures such as the uterus, ovary or uterine tube, irrespective of the number of participants per cadaver table insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p>0.05);. Conclusion: As the number of students per cadaver table decreases, the number of overlooked or missed structures will decrease.
Keywords : Anatomy teaching, cadaveric dissection, undergraduate, education, pelvic anatomy