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Breaking Down Large Anatomy Groups
Author(s) -
Elizondo-Omaña Rodrigo Enrique,
Quiroga-Garza Alejandro,
Salinas-Alvarez Yolanda Enrique,
Guzman-Lopez Santos
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.00414
Subject(s) - medical education , dissection (medical) , human anatomy , medicine , psychology , medical physics , radiology , anatomy
Our School of Medicine has over 10,000 applicants annually, accepting between 1,000 and 1,200 per semester. Every 6 months, the Human Anatomy Department (a second‐semester course) receives between 700 to 1,000 students for a staff of 16 professors. The students are broken down into groups of 30–45 students for dynamic teaching classes in which students actively participate using intellectual abilities to promote clinical reasoning. Professors facilitate information and guide the classes, while students discuss regional anatomy with group participation. With the aid of qualified near‐peers, students are split into small 6 to 8 student groups and distributed between clinical cases, imaging study cases, ultrasound anatomy, and prosection/dissection modules, promoting clinical reasoning for solving anatomical oriented cases. With a high student/low cadaver ratio, the IFA (identify, function, application) method has proven effective in prosection time. Questionnaires have demonstrated students’ satisfaction with the course distribution of time, and exposure to clinical cases and imaging to be high with a 94% approval. Support or Funding Information None