Chapman Peter D, Meyer Amanda, Young Kenneth, Wibowo Daniel, Walker Bruce
J Chiropr Educ. 2015 Mar;29(1):37-42. doi: 10.7899/JCE-14-10. Epub 2014 Dec 17.
The aim of this study was to conduct an international survey of the perceived optimal level of anatomy teaching from anatomy academics and practicing chiropractors. We hypothesized that the optimum level of anatomical understanding for chiropractic students does not differ between the anatomists teaching the students and practicing chiropractors.
The opinion of anatomists teaching in a chiropractic course (n = 16) was compared to practicing chiropractors (n = 589). The students' level of understanding was based on the revised Bloom's taxonomy for 16 different curriculum areas. Anatomists were recruited by contacting the accredited chiropractic courses worldwide. Snowball sampling was used for the practicing chiropractors. Independent-samples Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare the results of anatomists and chiropractors.
Opinions differed between anatomists and chiropractors on 9 out of the 16 questions. Where opinions differed, chiropractors recommended a higher standard of anatomical knowledge. The level suggested by chiropractors for these curriculum areas is equal to the "evaluating" level where chiropractic students can remember, understand, apply, and analyze anatomical knowledge to be able to justify a clinical decision.
Compared to anatomists working in chiropractic programs, chiropractors suggest a higher standard of anatomy be taught to undergraduates. Collaboration between chiropractors and anatomists would likely be beneficial in creating or modifying anatomy curricula for chiropractic students.
本研究旨在对解剖学专业学者和执业整脊师所认为的解剖学教学最佳水平进行一项国际调查。我们假设，对于整脊专业学生而言，讲授课程的解剖学家与执业整脊师所认为的解剖学理解最佳水平并无差异。
将在整脊课程中授课的解剖学家（n = 16）的意见与执业整脊师（n = 589）的意见进行比较。学生的理解水平基于修订后的布鲁姆教育目标分类法，涉及16个不同的课程领域。通过联系全球认可的整脊课程来招募解剖学家。对执业整脊师采用滚雪球抽样法。使用独立样本曼-惠特尼U检验来比较解剖学家和整脊师的结果。
在16个问题中的9个问题上，解剖学家和整脊师的意见存在差异。在意见不同的地方，整脊师建议采用更高标准的解剖学知识。整脊师针对这些课程领域所建议的水平等同于“评估”水平，即整脊专业学生能够记住、理解、应用和分析解剖学知识，从而能够为临床决策提供依据。
与在整脊专业项目中工作的解剖学家相比，整脊师建议向本科生教授更高标准的解剖学知识。整脊师与解剖学家之间的合作可能有助于为整脊专业学生创建或修改解剖学课程。
