Are medical students being taught anatomy in a way that best prepares them to be a physician?

Reasoning in a clinical context is an attribute of medical expertise. Clinical reasoning in medical school can be encouraged by teaching basic science with a clinical emphasis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether anatomy is being taught in a way that facilitates the development of clini...

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Published in:Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2015-07, Vol.28 (5), p.568-575
Main Authors: Meral Savran, Mona, Tranum-Jensen, Jørgen, Frost Clementsen, Paul, Hastrup Svendsen, Jesper, Holst Pedersen, Jesper, Seier Poulsen, Steen, Arendrup, Henrik, Konge, Lars
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anatomy
Anatomy - education
anatomy teachers
anatomy teaching
Clinical Competence
clinical reasoning
Consultants
Education, Medical - methods
Humans
Medical residencies
Medical students
Multiple choice
Reasoning
Students
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching - methods
Thorax
Thorax - anatomy & histology
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Summary:Reasoning in a clinical context is an attribute of medical expertise. Clinical reasoning in medical school can be encouraged by teaching basic science with a clinical emphasis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether anatomy is being taught in a way that facilitates the development of clinical reasoning. Two multiple‐choice tests on thoracic anatomy were developed using a modified Delphi approach with groups of four clinical consultants and four teachers, respectively, expressing their opinions about knowledge relevant to thoracic anatomy. Validity was assessed by administering the tests to clinical consultants, anatomy teachers, and pre‐course medical students. Post‐course medical students took both tests to explore the focus of the course, i.e., whether it facilitated clinical reasoning. The pre‐course students scored significantly lower than the teachers and post‐course students on both tests and lower than the consultants on the consultants’ test (P 
ISSN:0897-3806
1098-2353
DOI:10.1002/ca.22557