Relevance and attitudes toward histology and embryology course through the eyes of freshmen and senior medical students: Experience from Serbia

Zaletel, Ivan; Marić, Gorica; Gazibara, Tatjana; Rakočević, Jelena; Labudović‐Borović, Milica; Puškaš, Nela; Bajcetic, Milos

doi:10.1016/j.aanat.2016.07.002

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“…Several studies have presented various approaches in presenting embryology including online courses with recorded lectures providing the ability to pause, replay and view any time and any place [12, 13], or the team-based learning (TBL) in which working with other students provides an effective way to learn content and promote clinical reasoning skills [14]. Emphasis on clinical problems in teaching embryology has been reported by several studies [6, 7] stating that clinically oriented embryology courses motivate students to consider embryology as an essential part of their medical career.…”

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“…Embryology has had problems with acquiring an appropriate position in the medical curriculum. Neglecting embryology as a significant course may be due to several reasons including students’ thought toward embryology in which they pay more attention to anatomy rather than embryology or the lack of providing clinical information when teaching the course [6, 7].…”

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Clinically oriented system-based embryology; a significant course in clinical practice

Moghadam

Gharebaghi

Mohamadi

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27Introduction: Embryology is a branch of medical sciences in developmental biology. Since 28 the knowledge of embryology is of special significance for medical students, this study was 29 conducted with the purpose of elucidating the viewpoint of medical students of Zanjan 30 University of Medical Sciences in Iran on the application of embryology courses in fulfilling 31 clinical purposes. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018-2019 with a 32 census method on all clinical medical students (trainees and interns). To collect medical 33 students' opinions, the researcher-designed questionnaire was used. The validity of the 34 questionnaire was confirmed by embryology experts by content validity ratio (CVR) and factor 35 analysis and the reliability of the questionnaire Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.9), respectively.36 Data were analyzed by SPSS (version 24) and Lisrel software. Values with P<0.05 were 37 considered significant. Results: Descriptive statistics in the field of general and system-based 38 embryology demonstrated that the topics of birth defects and development of body cavities 39 (diaphragm development) have the most influence on clinical practice of medical students.40Conclusions: It seems that more focus on system-based embryology courses leads to a better 41 performance of medical students in clinical courses. 42

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Clinically oriented system-based embryology; a significant course in clinical practice

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Gharebaghi

Mohamadi

et al. 2020

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“…Ces derniers ont apprécié la forme du cours, la pertinence et l'efficacité de l'apprentissage des iconographies foetopathologiques ainsi que l'échange avec l'enseignant. Cette évaluation positive met l'accent sur l'importance d'allier la théorie à la pratique et confirme que l'enseignement magistral de l'embryologie gagne d'efficacité et d'interactivité s'il met en relief l'importance clinique de cette discipline dans le développement des compétences cliniques 5,7,8 . En effet, plus de la moitié des étudiants a souhaité davantage d'échange et de communication avec l'enseignant et avait tendance à privilégier le contenu du cours à la méthode pédagogique pour expliquer les raisons de ses motivations, bien que le contenu du cours soit indissociable de la méthode pédagogique puisqu'il est conçu de telle sorte qu'il puisse répondre aux exigences d'une approche pédagogique à évaluer.…”

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Enseignement Magistral Interactif De L’embryologie: Apport Pedagogique De La Fœtopathologie.

Darouich¹

2018

IJAR

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Background:The fundamental reason for studying embryology is to understand the genesis of the birth defects. To increase the effectiveness of the passive learning, it is possible to teach embryology through clinical applications. Objective: To evaluate the educational impact of the fetal autopsy pathology in the understanding of embryology. Methods: Based on the objectives stated in the digestive system development course, the pedagogic approach was to alternate between normal development and malformations using fetopathological iconographies. The evaluation was based on a simple, rapid and representative post-test questionnaire, dealing with six aspects of the teaching method: course form, relevance of fetopathological iconographies, learning efficiency and student-teacher communication. One hundred and ninety-six students, divided into four groups, were asked to answer the questionnaire. Results: The response rate was 98.98%. Most of the students approved the interactive learning. They particularly considered the use of the clinical cases very useful for effective and active learning. The major disadvantage was insufficient time devoted to the course. Conclusion: The active learning of embryology through clinical applications enhances the students' understanding and performance as it engages them in discussion and reasoning unlike passive listening. Good time management is essential to counter the massed learning.

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“…Through histology, medical students would be able to understand the intricacies of a cell structure that collectively form different tissues and organs of the body, and correlate structure with function (1). A strong background in histology is essential for students to have a better understanding of macroscopic anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, as well as pathology (1)(2)(3). In addition, a solid foundation in histology is also essential for medical students to consolidate their understanding of a disease and thus, enhance their ability to diagnose difficult clinical cases (4).…”

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The Impact of Virtual Microscopy on Medical Students’ Intrinsic Motivation

Simok¹,

Yusoff²,

Noor³

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EIMJ

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Virtual microscopy has been introduced into histology curricula as an approach to improve students learning. An important factor to ascertain students learning and achievement is by instigating and reinforcing students' intrinsic motivation hence, this study aims to compare the students' intrinsic motivation towards using virtual microscopy with optical microscopy in learning histology among medical students in Universiti Sains Malaysia. A randomised controlled study was conducted among 120 students from 2017/2018 academic session. The participants were divided into two groups, the virtual and optical microscopy groups, using stratified random allocation. During the one-day intervention, all participants attended a lecture on "Histology of the Eye", a slide demonstration and a practical session at respective labs according to their groups. Students' perceptions of their motivation on learning histology using their respective learning tool were evaluated by administering the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory, which measured students' perceived competence, interest, pressure and value score. The perceived competence score of virtual microscopy group was significantly higher compared to the optical microscopy group (p = 0.037). There was no significant difference between the two study groups in terms of interest, pressure and value score. The use of virtual microscopy as a learning tool gave students greater perceived competence in learning histology. However, it is premature to conclude from this finding, as intrinsic motivation is multifactorial. Future studies should predict the correlation between elements of virtual microscopy with the attributes of intrinsic motivation to provide a better view on the impact of virtual microscopy on students' motivation to learn histology.

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Relevance and attitudes toward histology and embryology course through the eyes of freshmen and senior medical students: Experience from Serbia

Cited by 16 publications

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Clinically oriented system-based embryology; a significant course in clinical practice

Clinically oriented system-based embryology; a significant course in clinical practice

Enseignement Magistral Interactif De L’embryologie: Apport Pedagogique De La Fœtopathologie.

The Impact of Virtual Microscopy on Medical Students’ Intrinsic Motivation

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