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Abdominal Anatomy Tutorial Using a Medical Imaging Platform.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Easing students' transition to the clinical environment is vital in medical education. For anatomy, this can be achieved by incorporating medical imaging. Most resources for study of imaging solely cover structural identification, which does not adequately prepare students to interpret imaging in clinical practice. This resource adds to a series of tutorials incorporating clinical applications of anatomy.

Methods

The tutorial was a self-administered PowerPoint that guided students through principles of abdominal anatomy. It integrated radiological images, including X-ray, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, plus clinical correlations and self-evaluation. It was evaluated as a review tool, using repeated-measures control/experimental design, on 100 Australian medical students in preclerkship years. Testing comprised knowledge-based questionnaires, a Likert self-efficacy scale, and open-ended evaluation questions.

Results

Results suggest the tutorial significantly improved direct knowledge (p < .001), as the experimental group's posttutorial test scores were superior for direct questions by 32% on average. This difference was particularly significant for short-answer and multiple-choice questions. Students' confidence with anatomy and imaging was enhanced.

Discussion

These results demonstrate the tutorial's strength as a review resource. Unlike our previous work, where students received tutorials alongside anatomy teaching, this tutorial was assessed after coursework completion with similar results. Direct knowledge significantly improved; however, indirect applications did not, perhaps due to complexity of the region. Nonetheless, the results reinforce the value of the series' tutorials as review tools, as well as adjunct tools alongside anatomy curricula. There is scope for further research into their use as stand-alone resources.

SUBMITTER: Marsland MJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6342406 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Abdominal Anatomy Tutorial Using a Medical Imaging Platform.

Marsland Madeleine J MJ Tomic Dunya D Brian Pamela L PL Lazarus Michelle D MD

MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 20180830

<h4>Introduction</h4>Easing students' transition to the clinical environment is vital in medical education. For anatomy, this can be achieved by incorporating medical imaging. Most resources for study of imaging solely cover structural identification, which does not adequately prepare students to interpret imaging in clinical practice. This resource adds to a series of tutorials incorporating clinical applications of anatomy.<h4>Methods</h4>The tutorial was a self-administered PowerPoint that gu ...[more]

PMID: 30800948

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