A comparative study of teaching anatomy using cadavers, prosected wet specimens and simulated plastic models among Malaysian undergraduates

A comparative study of teaching anatomy using cadavers, prosected wet specimens and simulated plastic models among Malaysian undergraduates

It is a challenge that the dissecting room still has a place in teaching gross anatomy. Understanding the students’ perceptions and experiences of learning anatomy is important to get sound knowledge of the human body. This study was conducted to assess which teaching aid would facilitate students’...

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Main Authors: Aung, Htar Htar, Tin, Myo Han
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
English
Published: 2012
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QM Human anatomy
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/1/iirie_2012_evidence.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/2/ID_1205_Dr_Htar_KOD.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/3/bronze_medal_iirie_evidence.pdf
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spelling iium-271512013-02-13T20:37:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/ A comparative study of teaching anatomy using cadavers, prosected wet specimens and simulated plastic models among Malaysian undergraduates Aung, Htar Htar Tin, Myo Han QM Human anatomy It is a challenge that the dissecting room still has a place in teaching gross anatomy. Understanding the students’ perceptions and experiences of learning anatomy is important to get sound knowledge of the human body. This study was conducted to assess which teaching aid would facilitate students’ understanding of the human body in order to get a more evidence – based approach to clinical anatomy. A cross – sectional comparative study was carried out among 741 medical and dental students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), University Sabah Malaysia (USM) and University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). A pre-tested, semi-structured, self administrated questionnaire which includes open–ended questions was distributed to collect the data on handability, understanding, information, application and preference. The data was analysed using chi-square test at “α“ 0.05 (SPSS version 17). The students from IIUM, UiTM, USM and UNIMAS scored the highest preference for plastic models on handability and application in examination (OSPE). It was statistically significant (p<0.05). In terms of understanding and information, the students of IIUM, UiTM and USM also scored highest on plastic models but UNIMAS chose the prosected wet specimens. The intra-university variation on favourable teaching aid was statistically significant (p<0.05) in IIUM and UiTM but it was not significant (p>0.05) in USM (information and application in OSPE) and UNIMAS (understanding and information). The overall preference for students of IIUM and UiTM was the plastic models (85.8% and 44.1% respectively) while for UNIMAS the prosected wet specimens (90.7%) followed by plastic models (87.8%). USM students mostly preferred the cadavers (51.9%) followed by plastic models (50%). These inter-universities differences were statistically significant (p<0.05). This study suggests that the plastic model can fit very well into the structure of modern medical training and therefore improve the teaching of anatomy in surgical specialities. 2012-02-01 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/1/iirie_2012_evidence.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/2/ID_1205_Dr_Htar_KOD.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/3/bronze_medal_iirie_evidence.pdf Aung, Htar Htar and Tin, Myo Han (2012) A comparative study of teaching anatomy using cadavers, prosected wet specimens and simulated plastic models among Malaysian undergraduates. In: IRIIE 2012, 21-22 February 2012, Cultural Activities Centre , International Islamic Univesity Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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Aung, Htar Htar
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A comparative study of teaching anatomy using cadavers, prosected wet specimens and simulated plastic models among Malaysian undergraduates
description It is a challenge that the dissecting room still has a place in teaching gross anatomy. Understanding the students’ perceptions and experiences of learning anatomy is important to get sound knowledge of the human body. This study was conducted to assess which teaching aid would facilitate students’ understanding of the human body in order to get a more evidence – based approach to clinical anatomy. A cross – sectional comparative study was carried out among 741 medical and dental students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), University Sabah Malaysia (USM) and University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). A pre-tested, semi-structured, self administrated questionnaire which includes open–ended questions was distributed to collect the data on handability, understanding, information, application and preference. The data was analysed using chi-square test at “α“ 0.05 (SPSS version 17). The students from IIUM, UiTM, USM and UNIMAS scored the highest preference for plastic models on handability and application in examination (OSPE). It was statistically significant (p<0.05). In terms of understanding and information, the students of IIUM, UiTM and USM also scored highest on plastic models but UNIMAS chose the prosected wet specimens. The intra-university variation on favourable teaching aid was statistically significant (p<0.05) in IIUM and UiTM but it was not significant (p>0.05) in USM (information and application in OSPE) and UNIMAS (understanding and information). The overall preference for students of IIUM and UiTM was the plastic models (85.8% and 44.1% respectively) while for UNIMAS the prosected wet specimens (90.7%) followed by plastic models (87.8%). USM students mostly preferred the cadavers (51.9%) followed by plastic models (50%). These inter-universities differences were statistically significant (p<0.05). This study suggests that the plastic model can fit very well into the structure of modern medical training and therefore improve the teaching of anatomy in surgical specialities.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Aung, Htar Htar
Tin, Myo Han
author_facet Aung, Htar Htar
Tin, Myo Han
author_sort Aung, Htar Htar
title A comparative study of teaching anatomy using cadavers, prosected wet specimens and simulated plastic models among Malaysian undergraduates
title_short A comparative study of teaching anatomy using cadavers, prosected wet specimens and simulated plastic models among Malaysian undergraduates
title_full A comparative study of teaching anatomy using cadavers, prosected wet specimens and simulated plastic models among Malaysian undergraduates
title_fullStr A comparative study of teaching anatomy using cadavers, prosected wet specimens and simulated plastic models among Malaysian undergraduates
title_full_unstemmed A comparative study of teaching anatomy using cadavers, prosected wet specimens and simulated plastic models among Malaysian undergraduates
title_sort comparative study of teaching anatomy using cadavers, prosected wet specimens and simulated plastic models among malaysian undergraduates
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/1/iirie_2012_evidence.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/2/ID_1205_Dr_Htar_KOD.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/27151/3/bronze_medal_iirie_evidence.pdf
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