@article{article_687018, title={Improving the efficacy of cadaveric demonstrations for undergraduate anatomy education}, journal={Anatomy}, volume={13}, pages={200–204}, year={2019}, author={Selcuk, İlker and Ulkir, Mehmet and Kose, Caner and Ersak, Burak and Zengin, Hatice Yağmur and Tatar, İlkan and Demiryürek, Deniz}, keywords={Anatomy teaching,cadaveric dissection,undergraduate,education,pelvic anatomy}, abstract={<div>Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate if student number is a factor for the efficacy of cadaveric demonstrations </div> <div>in undergraduate anatomy education. </div> <div>Methods: For a female pelvic anatomy cadaveric demonstration lecture of second-year medical students at the anatomy laboratory </div> <div>of Hacettepe University School of Medicine, students were divided into 3 groups of 45, 30 and 15 participants. Each group </div> <div>was further divided into 3 subgroups. Thus, there were 3 groups with 15 participants, 3 subgroups with 10 participants and 3 </div> <div>subgroups with 5 participants (3×15, 3×10, 3×5). After the cadaveric demonstration, the participants were asked if they had </div> <div>seen the structure previously listed in the checklist or not. </div> <div>Results: The number of medical students who missed small anatomical structures such as the umbilical artery, ureter or uterine </div> <div>artery during the cadaveric demonstration significantly decreased as the number of students per cadaver table decreased </div> <div>(p<0.05). Best results were obtained when the number of students per cadaver table was 5. On the other hand, no significant </div> <div>difference was found between the groups for missing gross anatomical structures such as the uterus, ovary or uterine tube, irrespective </div> <div>of the number of participants per cadaver table (p>0.05). </div> <div>Conclusion: As the number of students per cadaver table decreases, the number of overlooked or missed structures will </div> <div>decrease. </div>}, number={3}, publisher={Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy}