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Previous Learning Experiences in the Anatomical Sciences
Author(s) -
Taylor Melissa
Publication year - 2017
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.31.1_supplement.732.8
Subject(s) - curriculum , disadvantage , medical education , medical school , gross anatomy , inclusion (mineral) , cohort , subject (documents) , medicine , psychology , anatomy , pedagogy , pathology , social psychology , library science , political science , computer science , law
The subject of anatomy is not a pre‐requisite for admission to Indiana University School of Medicine. Nevertheless, many students do take some form of anatomy while an undergraduate, and some also have taken a high school anatomy course. This study examines what kind of experience the first year medical students enrolled in an anatomy course at the Indiana University‐Bloomington School of Medicine have had with the anatomical sciences ‐ this can include high school, undergraduate, graduate, and also informal experience with anatomy. A survey was distributed to first year medical students, which consisted of two different cohorts: students who started their first year in 2015 who were enrolled in a non‐integrated curriculum, and first year students starting in 2016 who were enrolled in an integrated curriculum. Results were examined for trends and comparisons between the two cohorts. It was found that the 2016 cohort had more experience with anatomy than the 2015 group did. The majority of students from both cohorts who had no prior experience with anatomy said they believed they were at a disadvantage for not having taken anatomy before medical school. This data is useful to see what kind of instruction students have had before. It can also possibly be used as a persuasive argument for the inclusion of an anatomy pre‐requisite for acceptance into medical school.