Opinions of Medical Faculty Students about Anatomy Practical Education: A Survey Study

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Aim: In our study, it was aimed to evaluate the opinions of students studying at Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Faculty of Medicine about the current state of anatomy practical education.
Material and Method: A total of 64 students, 36 men and 28 women, were included in the study. In this cross-sectional, descriptive type study, students’ views on anatomy education were determined using a voluntary survey method. In the content of the survey, there were questions that questioned the demographic characteristics of the students, their thoughts about the practical education of anatomy they received, and questions that determined their ideas about the provision of models. In the answer to other questions, a likert-type scale of 5 was used consisting of the options “always”, “mostly”, “often”, “occasionally”, “never”. The data was analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics 25.0 package program.
Results: The average age of 64 students participating in the study was 20.98± 1.10. Of these students, 33(51.6%) were in semester II and 31(48.4%) were in semester III. Students reported that the practical training in anatomy they received was moderate, that the model and cadaver should be used together in lessons, that training on the model was very effective in learning anatomy. In the results, it was observed that the variety of models available in our laboratory was sufficient, but due to the presence of classes, the number of models was not sufficient, it would be better to drop one model for every 1-5 people on the average.
Conclusion: Students were moderately satisfied with the learning practices within the scope of the anatomy practical course. With the support of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Research Projects Coordination Unit (Project no:2020/3-28A), thanks to the newly provided models, the reinforce laboratory allows students to better understand the lesson and learn the subjects they are having difficulty with. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Anatomy
• model
• laboratory
• survey

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