Sume Bickes Wube
Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2022 Aug 3;13:789-796. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S377999. eCollection 2022.
Medical students' attitudes and perceptions are crucial for designing an anatomy curriculum that meets the standards for safe medical practice.
To assess the attitude and perception of medical students towards the clinical relevance of embryology at Debre Markos University.
A cross-sectional study was conducted at Debre Markos University from March 10 to April 20, 2022. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire includes students' attitudes, career choices, and perceptions of integration of embryology and teratology courses. All viewpoints were rated using a positive Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree". Data were entered using EpiData version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis.
A total of 246 medical students participated in the study. About 159 (64.63%) medical students perceived that embryology requires understanding in the clinics. More than half of the respondents, 169 (68.70%) perceived that embryology is most clinically relevant for all basic sciences. About two-thirds of medical students, 189 (76.83%) agreed that integration of embryology and teratology courses in the first and second years was better than teaching each discipline alone. More than half of medical students, 145 (58.94%) also preferred problem-based learning that combines embryology and teratology. About 201 (81.71%) medical students perceived that virtual reality is more effective than images in the textbook for teaching embryology.
In this study, most of the medical students have a positive attitude toward the embryology course. The first-year curricular integration of embryology and teratology must be maintained, and great effort is required to improve students' passion for developmental anatomy/embryology. These findings might be utilized as an additional motivation for the improvement of the embryology course, with a focus on the practical application of knowledge in a clinical context.
医学生的态度和认知对于设计符合安全医疗实践标准的解剖学课程至关重要。
评估德布雷马科斯大学医学生对胚胎学临床相关性的态度和认知。
2022年3月10日至4月20日在德布雷马科斯大学进行了一项横断面研究。使用自填式问卷收集数据。问卷包括学生的态度、职业选择以及对胚胎学和畸形学课程整合的认知。所有观点均使用从“强烈不同意”到“强烈同意”的积极李克特量表进行评分。数据使用EpiData 3.1版本录入，并导出到SPSS 25版本进行分析。
共有246名医学生参与了该研究。约159名（64.63%）医学生认为胚胎学在临床中需要理解。超过一半的受访者，即169名（68.70%）认为胚胎学在所有基础科学中与临床最为相关。约三分之二的医学生，即189名（76.83%）同意在第一年和第二年将胚胎学和畸形学课程整合比单独教授每个学科更好。超过一半的医学生，即145名（58.94%）也更喜欢将胚胎学和畸形学结合的基于问题的学习。约201名（81.71%）医学生认为在胚胎学教学中虚拟现实比教科书中的图像更有效。
在本研究中，大多数医学生对胚胎学课程持积极态度。必须保持胚胎学和畸形学在第一年的课程整合，并且需要付出巨大努力来提高学生对发育解剖学/胚胎学的热情。这些发现可作为改进胚胎学课程的额外动力，重点是在临床背景下知识的实际应用。
