Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Health Services Vocational School, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Surg Radiol Anat. 2022 Jul;44(7):1063-1069. doi: 10.1007/s00276-022-02978-9. Epub 2022 Jul 2.
Anatomy, one of the cornerstone branches of medical education, is one of the rare areas, where the traditional method remains the most efficient education method despite technological developments. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it impossible for the traditional method to continue and has enabled the integration of different distance learning methods into anatomy education. The aim of our study is to perform comparative evaluation of three education methods (traditional, asynchronous online, synchronous online) from the students' perspective.
In our study, a questionnaire form was sent to Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine students (n = 168) via Google forms. The students were asked to rank the anatomy education types from the most appropriate to the least appropriate in the proposals. The questionnaire consisted of multiple choice and open-ended questions in addition to 15 proposals questioning demographic information, student autonomy, efficiency, and preference.
According to the results obtained, the students stated that the most efficient method (in terms of both theoretical "50%" and practical "55.4%") is the traditional method. In addition, when it comes to preference, students who preferred one of the distance online education types (asynchronous or synchronous) for theoretical anatomy constituted the majority (59.5%). The traditional method was rated as the least appropriate in terms of accessing course resources (42.3%).
According to our study, while face-to-face education is still indispensable for the practical part of the ideal anatomy education, the theoretical part can be carried out remotely by strengthening it with some activities.
解剖学作为医学教育的基石学科之一，是少数几个传统教学方法仍然是最有效的教育方法的领域之一，尽管技术在不断发展。然而，COVID-19 大流行使得传统教学方法无法继续进行，并使不同的远程学习方法能够融入解剖学教育。我们研究的目的是从学生的角度对三种教育方法（传统、异步在线、同步在线）进行比较评估。
在我们的研究中，通过 Google 表单向埃斯基谢希尔奥斯曼加济大学医学院的学生（n=168）发送了一份问卷表。学生们被要求根据建议从最合适到最不合适的顺序对解剖学教育类型进行排名。问卷除了 15 个关于人口统计学信息、学生自主性、效率和偏好的问题外，还包括多项选择题和开放式问题。
根据所得结果，学生们表示，最有效的方法（理论上“50%”和实践上“55.4%”）是传统方法。此外，在偏好方面，对于理论解剖学更喜欢其中一种远程在线教育类型（异步或同步）的学生占多数（59.5%）。传统方法在获取课程资源方面被评为最不合适的方法（42.3%）。
根据我们的研究，虽然面对面教育对于理想解剖学教育的实践部分仍然是不可或缺的，但可以通过加强一些活动来远程进行理论部分的教学。
