Medical education for millennials: How anatomists are doing it right

Abstract

Millennial students born between 1980 and 1999 are currently the most prevalent generation in medical schools. Understanding this generation of inspiring yet challenging learners is key to satisfying instructional interaction. Effective strategies for teaching millennial learners can be summarized with 5 R's: ensuring a relaxed learning environment, building rapport with learners, highlighting the relevance and rationale of learning objectives and assessments, and implementing research-based educational methods. These strategies are exemplified by anatomists who relate (through platforms that encourage team-based learning in a relaxed environment), resonate (by highlighting the relevance and rationale of basic science learning objectives and feedback strategies), and innovate (by adopting cutting edge, research-proven technologies) within their curricula. Anatomists lead the way in effectively engaging, teaching and evaluating Millennial medical students in the 21st century. Broad application of these principles by other medical educators can further enhance Millennial education. Clin. Anat., 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Evaluation of Performance and Perception of Learning in Teaching Human Anatomy: Traditional Method vs Constructivist Method

“…In this sense, there is growing consensus that combinations between technological and pedagogical resources can provide benefits to the performance and, consequently, the learning of the students in the teaching of Human Anatomy (Lochner et al, 2016;Trelease, 2016;Oliveira et al, 2019;Sotgiu et al). This condition is reported by students, who demonstrate that they benefit more from the traditional method when it is accompanied by complementary pedagogical resources, e.g., synthetic models, virtual reality (3D visualization), and multimodal approaches (Papa & Vaccarezza, 2013;Estai & Bunt;Ruzycki et al). Thus, integration of the traditional method with technological resources could be an alternative to enhance the teaching of Human Anatomy.…”

“…Human Anatomy is considered one of the oldest medical sciences. Although it is a classical science, it continues to present great relevance in the training of university students in health areas, as professionals will use this knowledge in their practical activities (Ruzycki et al, 2019). In this context, research has been carried out with the aim of verifying the best teaching-learning strategy in Human Anatomy (Estai & Bunt, 2016;Clunie et al, 2018;Sotgiu et al, 2019;Zilverschoon et al, 2019).…”

E-Learning Emergency? A Student-Teacher Dialogue on Sudden Shifts to Online Medical Education

“…This train of thought results in a fundamental educational question -"Which Instagram accounts do I forward to my lecturer?" The answer, we hope, is as many as possible to broaden the horizons of Faculty members, and particularly help them to bridge generational gaps by experiencing material consumed by the students of today (Ruzycki et al, 2019). We also hope that students are empathetic to some technical and experiential aspects of producing good videos that their teachers may stumble across.…”

Human anatomy in the generation Z’s medical studies

“…Tools based on evolving technologies for improving Generation Z's students' learning of human anatomy, are being actively sought and evaluated. 2,3,6 Some searchers confirm surgeons' ongoing concern about diminished learning and knowledge of human anatomy among junior physicians and this could significantly bolster the case for emphasizing the importance of keeping intense human anatomy studies. [7][8][9]…”