Khonglah Yookarin, Raphael Vandana, Mishra Jaya, Marbaniang Evarisalin, Chowdhury Zachariah, Dey Biswajit
Department of Pathology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2019 Jun 27;8:116. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_275_18. eCollection 2019.
Pathology is basic science, and steps are being taken to integrate the clinical sciences in undergraduate pathology curriculum. The present study was undertaken with the aim to assess the need for revision of the undergraduate pathology curriculum with a focus on assessment methods.
This study included a questionnaire-based, anonymous, survey in a 5-point Likert-type scale for undergraduate students who have completed pathology subject including the interns and a qualitative approach through interviews and focus group discussions from the pathology senior residents and faculties using the essentialist thematic analysis.
There were a total of 109 feedbacks from undergraduate students and also the interns. A total of 10 feedbacks from the senior residents and faculties were analyzed. About 70%-90% of the students were satisfied with the pathology curriculum and teaching and clinical integration in pathology. However, only 52.3% of students felt morphology being extremely important as compared to 80% of faculties, showing a discrepancy between the students' perception of the importance of morphology and that of the faculties.
Although both students and faculties find the curriculum adequate, it is suggested that teaching could be made more clinical oriented. The assessment based on morphology should be given less emphasis during the assessment.
病理学是基础科学，目前正在采取措施将临床科学融入本科病理学课程。本研究旨在评估本科病理学课程修订的必要性，重点关注评估方法。
本研究包括对已完成病理学课程的本科生（包括实习生）进行基于问卷的匿名调查，采用5点李克特量表，以及通过访谈和焦点小组讨论对病理学高级住院医师和教师采用本质主义主题分析的定性方法。
共收到本科生和实习生的109份反馈。对高级住院医师和教师的10份反馈进行了分析。约70%-90%的学生对病理学课程以及病理学教学与临床的整合感到满意。然而，只有52.3%的学生认为形态学极其重要，而认为形态学极其重要的教师比例为80%，这表明学生和教师对形态学重要性的认知存在差异。
尽管学生和教师都认为课程足够，但建议教学可以更以临床为导向。在评估过程中，应减少基于形态学的评估的比重。
