Anatomy as a Model Environment for Acquiring Professional Competencies in Medicine: Experiences at Harvard Medical School

Autor/inn/en	McDaniel, Katherine G.; Brown, Taylor; Radford, Caitlin C.; McDermott, Cynthia H.; Houten, Trudy; Katz, Martha E.; Stearns, Dana A.; Hildebrandt, Sabine
Titel	Anatomy as a Model Environment for Acquiring Professional Competencies in Medicine: Experiences at Harvard Medical School
Quelle	In: Anatomical Sciences Education, 14 (2021) 2, S.241-251 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hildebrandt, Sabine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-9772
DOI	10.1002/ase.2000
Schlagwörter	Medical Schools; Anatomy; Job Skills; Medical Education; Educational Change; Educational Environment; Ethical Instruction; Trauma; Intervention; Medical School Faculty; Faculty Development; Medical Students; Student Attitudes; Massachusetts (Cambridge) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Medizinische Ausbildung; Anatomie; Produktive Fertigkeit; Bildungsreform; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Anatomy education provides students with opportunities to learn structure and function of the human body, to acquire professional competencies such as teamwork, interpersonal skills, self-awareness, and to reflect on and practice medical ethics. The fulfillment of this wide potential can present challenges in courses that are part of an integrated curriculum and shorter than traditional courses. This new reality, together with students' increasing concern about the stresses within medical education, led to efforts at Harvard Medical School to implement practical steps toward an optimal learning environment in anatomy. These were based on core elements of ethical anatomy education and principles of trauma-informed care. Anatomy is conceptualized here as the "first clinical discipline," with relational interactions between anatomical educators, medical students, and body donors/patients. Essential prerequisites for the implementation of this work were support by the medical school leadership, open partnership between engaged students and faculty, faculty coordination, and peer-teaching. Specific interventions included pre-course faculty development on course philosophy and invitations to students to share their thoughts on anatomy. Student responses were integrated in course introductions, combined with a pre-dissection laboratory visit, an introductory guide, and a module on the history and ethics of anatomy. During the course, team-building activities were scheduled, and self-reflection encouraged, for example, through written exercises, and elective life-body drawing. Students' responses to the interventions were overall positive, but need further evaluation. This first attempt of a systematic implementation of an optimal learning environment in anatomy led to the identification of areas in need of adjustment. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01