First Year College, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Osteopathy Division, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Anat Sci Educ. 2020 Nov;13(6):769-777. doi: 10.1002/ase.1958. Epub 2020 Apr 16.
Student engagement is known to have several positive effects on learning outcomes and can impact a student's university experience. High levels of engagement in content-heavy subjects can be difficult to attain. Due to a major institutional restructure, the anatomy prosection laboratory time per subject was dramatically reduced. In response, the authors set out to redesign their anatomy units with a focus on engaging the learning activities that would increase time-on-task both within and outside of the classroom. One of these curriculum changes was the implementation of a suite of anatomy learning activities centered on sets of three-dimensional printed upper limb skeleton models. A two-part mixed-method sequential exploratory design was used to evaluate these activities. Part one was a questionnaire that evaluated the students' engagement with and perceptions of the models. Part two involved focus groups interviews, which were an extension of the survey questions in part one. The results of the study indicated that the majority of students found the models to be an engaging resource that helped improve their study habits. As a result, students strongly felt that the use of the models inspired greater academic confidence and overall better performance in their assessments. Overall, the models were an effective way of increasing the engagement and deep learning, and reinforced previous findings from the medical education research. Future research should investigate the effects of these models on student's grades within osteopathy and other allied health courses.
学生参与度被认为对学习成果有多种积极影响，并能影响学生的大学体验。在内容丰富的学科中保持高度参与度可能具有挑战性。由于重大的机构重组，每个学科的解剖学标本实验室时间大幅减少。有鉴于此，作者着手重新设计他们的解剖学单元，重点是参与能够增加课堂内外任务时间的学习活动。课程改革之一是实施一系列以三组三维打印上肢骨骼模型为中心的解剖学学习活动。采用两部分混合方法顺序探索性设计来评估这些活动。第一部分是一份问卷，评估学生对模型的参与度和看法。第二部分包括焦点小组访谈，这是第一部分调查问题的延伸。研究结果表明，大多数学生认为模型是一种引人入胜的资源，有助于改善他们的学习习惯。因此，学生强烈认为模型激发了更大的学术信心，并整体上提高了他们在评估中的表现。总体而言，这些模型是提高参与度和深度学习的有效方法，并证实了医学教育研究中的先前发现。未来的研究应该调查这些模型对整骨疗法和其他相关健康课程学生成绩的影响。
