Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074, Aachen, Germany.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074, Aachen, Germany.
Ann Anat. 2019 Jul;224:97-101. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2019.03.011. Epub 2019 Apr 15.
Anatomical knowledge and manual skills are required for every surgical procedure. During the regular study the students only have few opportunities to practice their surgical skills actively. To improve this situation, an interdisciplinary hands-on-course for head and neck anatomy and surgery has been set up at the RWTH Aachen University.
The new course has been devised for one week with a full-time schedule. A special anatomical region has been studied each day. After an anatomical lecture, dissections under tutorial instructions took place. According to the anatomical region, a clinical lecture was given. Afterwards, surgical techniques were demonstrated and put into practice on fresh cadaver heads. To check the students' knowledge and the knowledge acquisition during the course, participants had to pass a pre- and post-test. The course was finished with an anonymous written evaluation of the course and an open feedback.
The evaluations revealed a very high satisfaction of the students with the course. The post-test showed significant better results in anatomical and clinical knowledge than the pre-test. The mean result of the test was raised from 6.8 to 10.0 (p < 0.001) for the anatomical questions and from 5.9 to 10.5 (p < 0.001) for the clinical questions.
The new interdisciplinary hands-on course is an effective method to consolidate anatomical knowledge and to link this awareness to a better understanding of head and neck surgery. The students improve their manual skills and get more interested and more open-minded for oral and maxillofacial surgery.
每一项外科手术都需要掌握解剖学知识和手术技能。在常规学习中，学生们只有很少的机会积极练习他们的手术技能。为了改善这种情况，RWTH 亚琛大学设立了一门跨学科的头颈部解剖与手术实践课程。
该新课程为期一周，全日制安排。每天学习一个特殊的解剖区域。在解剖学讲座之后，在导师的指导下进行解剖。根据解剖区域，进行临床讲座。之后，在新鲜的尸体头上演示和实践手术技术。为了检查学生的知识和课程中的知识获取情况，参与者必须通过预测试和后测试。课程结束时，学生们对课程进行匿名书面评估和公开反馈。
评估结果显示，学生对该课程非常满意。后测显示，学生在解剖学和临床知识方面的成绩明显优于前测。测试的平均分从 6.8 提高到 10.0（p<0.001），解剖问题的平均分从 5.9 提高到 10.5（p<0.001）。
新的跨学科实践课程是巩固解剖学知识并将这种认识与对头颈外科手术更好的理解联系起来的有效方法。学生们提高了他们的动手技能，对口颌外科更感兴趣，也更开放。
