Hegmann Theresa
J Physician Assist Educ. 2013;24(4):19-21. doi: 10.1097/01367895-201324040-00004.
Cadaver dissection has been a defining part of the culture of medical education for centuries. Currently there is an active debate regarding the advantages of dissection versus other forms of teaching anatomy.
De-identified data from the 2010 Curriculum Survey were obtained from the Physician Assistant Education Association, with 82 PA programs responding to anatomy curriculum questions. SPSS 21 was used for descriptive statistics, t-tests, and Mann-Whitney tests.
Programs reported a mean of 102.4 and median of 91 contact hours in anatomy (range 4-270). The "average" PA program anatomy course used 57.4% lecture, 4.6% simulation, 25.9% dissection, and 12.1% prosection. Private programs had significantly fewer total and lab contact-hours than public programs.
Teaching anatomy through cadaver dissection poses many challenges for health professions educators. Based on the results presented, PA programs are addressing this challenge in a variety of ways in their curricula.
几个世纪以来，尸体解剖一直是医学教育文化的一个决定性部分。目前，关于解剖与其他解剖学教学形式的优势存在着激烈的争论。
从医师助理教育协会获得了2010年课程调查的去识别化数据，有82个医师助理项目回答了解剖学课程问题。使用SPSS 21进行描述性统计、t检验和曼-惠特尼检验。
各项目报告的解剖学平均接触时长为102.4小时，中位数为91小时（范围为4 - 270小时）。“普通”医师助理项目的解剖学课程中，讲座占57.4%，模拟占4.6%，解剖占25.9%，预解剖占12.1%。私立项目的总接触时长和实验接触时长明显少于公立项目。
通过尸体解剖教授解剖学给健康职业教育工作者带来了许多挑战。根据所呈现的结果，医师助理项目在其课程中以多种方式应对这一挑战。
