Stodola Tyler J, Bruna Sean P
Department of Anthropology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA.
J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2021 Apr 29;8:23821205211010812. doi: 10.1177/23821205211010812. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec.
The Association of American Medical Colleges recommends students seeking to enter medical school complete courses in the social sciences. Despite calls to teach social science-including anthropology-in pre-medical curriculum, little is known about what is taught in undergraduate medical anthropology courses and if concepts taught in those courses addresses topics tested in the MCAT exam. Given the growing number of anthropology students in baccalaureate allied health fields, there is a growing need to examine if anthropological coursework addresses relevant MCAT topics. Using a mixed methods content analysis, this study examined syllabi from forty U.S.-based medical anthropology courses to assess if MCAT concepts are taught in Medical Anthropology courses. Survey data was examined using descriptive statistics; syllabi were analyzed with NVivo using a binary coding scheme and modified grounded theory. Overall, only 8.69% of 155 possible concepts and terms from the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior section of the MCAT were present in the syllabi. We close with considerations for future course design of medical anthropology courses.
美国医学院协会建议，想要进入医学院的学生应完成社会科学课程。尽管有人呼吁在医学预科课程中教授社会科学，包括人类学，但对于本科医学人类学课程的教学内容以及这些课程中教授的概念是否涉及医学院入学考试（MCAT）中测试的主题，人们知之甚少。鉴于在学士学位相关健康领域学习人类学的学生数量不断增加，越来越有必要研究人类学课程作业是否涉及MCAT的相关主题。本研究采用混合方法内容分析，检查了来自美国四十门医学人类学课程的教学大纲，以评估医学人类学课程中是否教授了MCAT概念。使用描述性统计分析调查数据；使用二元编码方案和改进的扎根理论，用NVivo对教学大纲进行分析。总体而言，MCAT行为的心理、社会和生物学基础部分的155个可能概念和术语中，只有8.69%出现在教学大纲中。我们最后对医学人类学课程未来的课程设计进行了思考。
