Onakpoya Oluwatoyin H, Onakpoya Uvie U, Adereti Grace E
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Ann Afr Med. 2009 Apr-Jun;8(2):90-4. doi: 10.4103/1596-3519.56235.
Medical doctors are potential important source of anatomy teachers. The aim of this study was to determine the choice of anatomy as a career option among medical students in a Nigerian medical school
Descriptive survey of second- and third-year medical students using a self-administered questionnaire to asses age, sex, perception of anatomy as a subject, anatomy training experience and choice of anatomy as a career among respondents. Analysis was conducted using the SPSS and statistical significance inferred at P RESULTS: Three hundred and fifty three (85.3% response rate) who completely filled questionnaire were returned and analyzed of which 195 (55.2%) were males and 158(44.8%) were females. Their ages ranged between 18 and 37 years with a mean of 22.4 9.9 years. Although most students agreed that anatomy was an important subject in medical sciences 346 (98%), they had benefited from anatomy training in their clinical classes 320 (90.7%), and the knowledge of anatomy is useful in investigating patients with certain diseases 251 (71.1%), only 22 (6.2%) would choose anatomy as a career. Male students were more likely to choose anatomy as a career (P=0.026). Textbooks were the most common 334 (94.5%), while radiological means were the least 23 (6.5%) method employed in learning anatomy.
Anatomy as a subject is perceived positively by clinical medical students, but the choice as a career option is low; attempt at increasing career interest is needful.
医生是解剖学教师潜在的重要来源。本研究的目的是确定尼日利亚一所医学院的医学生中选择解剖学作为职业选择的情况。
对二、三年级医学生进行描述性调查，使用自填式问卷评估受访者的年龄、性别、对解剖学这门学科的看法、解剖学培训经历以及选择解剖学作为职业的情况。使用SPSS进行分析，并在P值时推断统计学意义。
共收回353份（回复率85.3%）完整填写问卷并进行分析，其中男性195人（55.2%），女性158人（44.8%）。他们的年龄在18至37岁之间，平均年龄为22.4±9.9岁。尽管大多数学生认为解剖学是医学科学中的一门重要学科（346人，98%），他们在临床课程中受益于解剖学培训（320人，90.7%），并且解剖学知识在调查某些疾病患者时有用（251人，71.1%），但只有22人（6.2%）会选择解剖学作为职业。男学生更有可能选择解剖学作为职业（P=0.026）。教科书是学习解剖学最常用的方法（334人，94.5%），而放射学方法是使用最少的（23人，6.5%）。
临床医学学生对解剖学这门学科的看法是积极的，但作为职业选择的比例较低；需要努力提高职业兴趣。
