Chia Terkuma I, Oyeniran Oluwatosin I
Department of Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria.
Department of Physiology, College of Health Sciences, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria.
J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2020 Mar 23;15(2):102-109. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2020.03.001. eCollection 2020 Apr.
The growing shortage of anatomy educators along with inconsistencies regarding their educational qualifications has become a major global concern for medical education. The purpose of this study is to assess the dynamics of anatomy educators in Nigeria with respect to their general characteristics, qualifications, teaching experience, and research focus.
This study was conducted on the participants of the 16th Annual Conference of the Anatomical Society of Nigeria held at the University of Calabar, Nigeria in 2019. The data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire and analysed as frequencies and percentages using Microsoft Excel.
Out of 84 faculty members, 56 (72.4%) participated in this study; 68% of the participants were men and 32% were women. A maximum of 27 faculty members belonged to the '31-40 years old' age group while only 5 belonged to the '51-60 years old' group. Twenty-five (45%) faculty members had a Ph.D. in Anatomy and all the non-Ph.D. holders (97%), except for one, aspired for a higher degree in Anatomy. The research interest with the highest frequency (n = 29; 52%) was in neuroanatomy and neurosciences. Over half of the respondents (n = 31; 55%) worked in federal universities, 16 (29%) in state universities, 4 (7%) in private universities, and only 5 (9%) were employed in allied institutions.
Anatomy professionals in Nigeria are mostly middle-aged and mid-career individuals. Most of them have master's degrees while only a few hold PhDs and have little to no postdoctoral experience. The research focus was concentrated on some areas of anatomy. This study reveals the urgent need to address the training and research gaps in the field of anatomy.
解剖学教育工作者日益短缺，且其教育资质存在不一致的情况，这已成为医学教育领域的一个主要全球关注点。本研究的目的是评估尼日利亚解剖学教育工作者在一般特征、资质、教学经验和研究重点方面的动态情况。
本研究针对2019年在尼日利亚卡拉巴尔大学举行的第16届尼日利亚解剖学会年会的参会者展开。数据通过自填式问卷收集，并使用微软Excel分析为频率和百分比。
在84名教职员工中，56人（72.4%）参与了本研究；68%的参与者为男性，32%为女性。最多27名教职员工属于“31 - 40岁”年龄组，而只有5人属于“51 - 60岁”组。25名（45%）教职员工拥有解剖学博士学位，所有非博士学位持有者（97%，除一人外）都渴望获得更高的解剖学学位。频率最高的研究兴趣（n = 29；52%）是神经解剖学和神经科学。超过一半的受访者（n = 31；55%）在联邦大学工作，16人（29%）在州立大学工作，4人（7%）在私立大学工作，只有5人（9%）受雇于相关机构。
尼日利亚的解剖学专业人员大多是中年及处于职业生涯中期的个体。他们中的大多数拥有硕士学位，而只有少数人拥有博士学位且几乎没有博士后经验。研究重点集中在解剖学的一些领域。本研究揭示了迫切需要解决解剖学领域的培训和研究差距。
