Needs Assessment of Essential Anatomy: The Perspective of Adult Primary Care Resident Physicians

Autor/inn/en	Hankin, Mark H.; Harmon, Derek J.; Martindale, James R.; Niculescu, Iuliana; Aschmetat, Adrienne; Mertens, Amy N.; Hanke, Rachel E.; Koo, Andrew S.; Kraus, Anthony E.; Payne, James A.; Feldman, Michael J.; Soltero Mariscal, Enrique
Titel	Needs Assessment of Essential Anatomy: The Perspective of Adult Primary Care Resident Physicians
Quelle	In: Anatomical Sciences Education, 16 (2023) 3, S.504-520 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hankin, Mark H.) ORCID (Harmon, Derek J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-9772
DOI	10.1002/ase.2252
Schlagwörter	Needs Assessment; Anatomy; Medical Students; Graduate Students; Curriculum Development; Medical Schools; Family Practice (Medicine); Internal Medicine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bedarfsermittlung; Anatomie; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Medizinische Ausbildung
Abstract	Curricular development and modification involve first identifying a problem and then performing a needs assessment, which can guide the design of curricular components. Pedagogical changes, coupled with reductions in curricular time for gross anatomy, pose challenges and impose restrictions within medical school curricula. In order to make anatomy education effective and efficient, it is important to determine the anatomy considered essential for medical education through a targeted needs assessment. In this study, 50 adult primary care resident physicians in family medicine (FM) and internal medicine (IM) were surveyed to assess the importance of 907 anatomical structures, or groups of structures, across all anatomical regions from a curated list based on the boldface terms in four primary anatomy texts. There were no statistically significant differences in the ratings of structures between the two groups for any anatomical region. In total, 17.0% of structures, or groups of structures, were classified as "essential," 58.0% as "more important," 24.4% as "less important," and 0.7% as "not important." FM residents rated tissues classified as skeleton, nerves, fasciae, anatomical spaces, blood vessels, lymphatics, and surface anatomy (p < 0.0001) significantly higher than IM residents, but there were no differences in the rating of muscles or organs (p > 0.0056). It was notable that 100.0% of cranial nerves were classified as essential, and 94.5% of surface anatomy structures were classified as "essential" or "more important." It is proposed that results of this study can serve to inform curricular development and revision. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01