Dempsey Audrey M K, Lone Mutahira, Nolan Yvonne M, Hunt Eithne
Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, School of Clinical Therapies, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Anat Sci Educ. 2023 Jan;16(1):10-26. doi: 10.1002/ase.2160. Epub 2022 Feb 24.
There are concerns among healthcare practitioners about poor anatomical knowledge among recent healthcare graduates. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework developed to enhance students' experience of learning and help students to become motivated learners. This scoping review identified whether UDL has been utilized in third level healthcare education and if so, whether it had been used to enhance student motivation to study anatomy. Seven online databases were searched for studies reporting the use of UDL in the curricula of medical, dental, occupational therapy (OT) or speech and language therapy (SLT) programs. Studies were screened for eligibility with set inclusion criteria. Data were extracted and analyzed. Analysis revealed that UDL was not specifically mentioned in any of the studies thus there are no published studies on UDL being formally applied in healthcare education. However, the authors identified 33 publications that described teaching methods which aligned with UDL in anatomy curricula and a thematic analysis yielded four main themes relating to teaching strategies being employed. Universal design for learning was not mentioned specifically, indicating that educators may not be aware of the educational framework, although they appeared to be utilizing aspects of it in their teaching. The review revealed that there is a lack of research concerning the anatomy education of OT and SLT students. The role of UDL in enhancing motivation to learn anatomy in medical, dental, OT and SLT programs has yet to be explored.
医疗从业者对近期医疗专业毕业生解剖学知识薄弱表示担忧。通用学习设计(UDL)是一个旨在提升学生学习体验并帮助学生成为积极学习者的框架。本范围综述确定了UDL是否已在高等医疗教育中得到应用,若已应用,它是否被用于增强学生学习解剖学的动力。检索了七个在线数据库,以查找报告在医学、牙科、职业治疗(OT)或言语与语言治疗(SLT)课程中使用UDL的研究。根据设定的纳入标准对研究进行筛选。提取并分析数据。分析表明,所有研究均未特别提及UDL,因此尚无关于UDL在医疗教育中正式应用的已发表研究。然而,作者确定了33篇描述在解剖学课程中与UDL一致的教学方法的出版物,主题分析得出了与所采用教学策略相关的四个主要主题。未特别提及通用学习设计,这表明教育工作者可能未意识到这一教育框架,尽管他们似乎在教学中运用了其中的一些方面。该综述表明,缺乏关于OT和SLT专业学生解剖学教育的研究。UDL在增强医学、牙科、OT和SLT课程中学习解剖学的动力方面的作用尚待探索。