Purpose: To present the activities carried out in the Department of Anatomy and Embryology at the University Complutense of Madrid on the occasion of the experience accumulated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the results of the students' evaluation about the material designed after the experience.Introduction: The restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant the transition to online procedures through the MOODLE platform, for the theoretical teaching, practical teaching and final evaluation of some of the subjects taught by our Department in several degrees; as Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Podiatry. In anticipation that the following academic year 2020-21 would be fully affected, a series of own teaching materials were developed, such as the elaboration of theory and practice scripts that incorporated images of anatomical models, prosections, radiological anatomy and ultrasound anatomy. The scopes of this innovation were evaluated by studentsMethods: An online survey was created through Google Forms. The students' perception about the usefulness of the innovated material was evaluated using a Likert-type scale with a maximum of ‘5 points’. Results and Discussion: Three hundred and forty six students participated in a variable number according to degrees. The highest average scores corresponded to Podiatry and Occupational Therapy, both presented significant differences with the other three students’ subgroups (p<.0001). The lowest average score corresponded to Medicine second-academic year which presented significance with the other four students’ subgroups (p<.0001). The shortcomings of the educational system at the University Complutense of Madrid revealed by the Covid19 pandemic were also analyzed.
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