Team-Taught Surface Anatomy for Health Professional Students
Start Date
5-19-2012 2:30 PM
End Date
5-19-2012 2:45 PM
Description
Purpose: The aim of the Student Team-Taught Surface Anatomy program was to provide a private and professional setting for first year medical students (MSIs) to learn surface anatomy.
Methods: Second year medical student teaching assistants (MSII TAs) and MSIs reviewed the anatomy curriculum related to the thorax and abdomen, as well as six illustrations detailing surface landmarks and underlying anatomy essential for clinical appreciation of healthy and diseased states. MSII TAs worked with groups of 4-5 MSIs at a time to review the material on live models. An evaluation containing both Likert-scale and open-ended questions was created to solicit participant feedback.
Results: 27 MSII TAs taught 76 workshops. 161 Jefferson MSIs participated (63%). Of these, 60% were female, and 40% were male; 96% reported workshops “enhanced their understanding of the material” and 94% would have attended additional workshops, had they been offered. All participants (100%) agreed that MSII TAs were respectful and professional.
Conclusion: Peer-led education can be an effective tool for the instruction of basic elements of the medical school curriculum.
Relevance to Interprofessional Education: This program was designed by a student with prior experience in theater and teaching, and illustrations were created by a student with a background in visual art. Furthermore, this curriculum could be expanded to engage students across and within other medical disciplines.
Learning Objectives:
1. MSIIs will be re-acquainted to medical anatomy to a level where they can competently teach to MS1s the surface anatomy related to the thorax and abdomen, and MSIs will engage voluntarily in learning that takes place in a comfortable, private, and nurturing environment.
2. A template will be established upon which a more extensive surface anatomy curriculum can be built for future medical students, as well as for students across the other medical disciplines, such as PT, OT, and nursing.
3. The design process, teaching plan, methods, materials, and student feedback will be published for future use, with the intention of developing an interprofessional student-led surface anatomy program accessible to students across the health professions. Coordinating anatomy curricula across disciplines is a challenge that could be met by involving senior medical (MSIV), OT, PT, and nursing students.
Team-Taught Surface Anatomy for Health Professional Students
Purpose: The aim of the Student Team-Taught Surface Anatomy program was to provide a private and professional setting for first year medical students (MSIs) to learn surface anatomy.
Methods: Second year medical student teaching assistants (MSII TAs) and MSIs reviewed the anatomy curriculum related to the thorax and abdomen, as well as six illustrations detailing surface landmarks and underlying anatomy essential for clinical appreciation of healthy and diseased states. MSII TAs worked with groups of 4-5 MSIs at a time to review the material on live models. An evaluation containing both Likert-scale and open-ended questions was created to solicit participant feedback.
Results: 27 MSII TAs taught 76 workshops. 161 Jefferson MSIs participated (63%). Of these, 60% were female, and 40% were male; 96% reported workshops “enhanced their understanding of the material” and 94% would have attended additional workshops, had they been offered. All participants (100%) agreed that MSII TAs were respectful and professional.
Conclusion: Peer-led education can be an effective tool for the instruction of basic elements of the medical school curriculum.
Relevance to Interprofessional Education: This program was designed by a student with prior experience in theater and teaching, and illustrations were created by a student with a background in visual art. Furthermore, this curriculum could be expanded to engage students across and within other medical disciplines.
Learning Objectives:
1. MSIIs will be re-acquainted to medical anatomy to a level where they can competently teach to MS1s the surface anatomy related to the thorax and abdomen, and MSIs will engage voluntarily in learning that takes place in a comfortable, private, and nurturing environment.
2. A template will be established upon which a more extensive surface anatomy curriculum can be built for future medical students, as well as for students across the other medical disciplines, such as PT, OT, and nursing.
3. The design process, teaching plan, methods, materials, and student feedback will be published for future use, with the intention of developing an interprofessional student-led surface anatomy program accessible to students across the health professions. Coordinating anatomy curricula across disciplines is a challenge that could be met by involving senior medical (MSIV), OT, PT, and nursing students.
