ABSTRACT
This study aims to facilitate better understanding of clinically important surgical concepts a 2-houranatomy review session in the dissection hall was conducted for the final year medical students during their surgery rotation. A quasi-experimental study was conducted on final year medical students during their surgery rotation. The study was administered for two consecutive academic years. For the study a 2-hour teaching session was jointly organized by the departments of surgery and anatomy in the dissection hall on selected topics. After the session feedback was received via a survey questionnaire in both the years of study. In the second year of study in addition a pretest and posttest also were conducted to assess the learning of the students. A total of 191 students responded to the feedback questionnaire. Responses to the feedback questionnaire showed that 76% of the students in the first year of study and 88% of students in the second year of the study strongly agreed that revisiting anatomy labs was helpful in understanding the surgical concepts. Majority of the students agreed that the topics covered in the session were adequate. Most of the students wanted more time to be allotted for the sessions and they also wanted a lecture before the session. The paired sample t test showed the mean of total pretest was 6.7±1.76 and that of posttest was 6.63 ±2.61, showing slight improvement in the scores. Anatomy review sessions conducted for the final year medical students was found effective in improving learning of surgery.
KEYWORDS: Anatomy, Surgery, Teaching, Review, Cadavers
2023 – International Journal of Anatomy and Research