Anatomy education environment among pre-clinical medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia using anatomy education environment measurement inventory
Anatomy is the foundation of medicine. Having adequate anatomy knowledge would improve medical students’ comprehension of pathology and patient management. The evolving scenario in anatomy education has created a changing educational environment in medical schools. Since educational environment infl...
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| author | Gunn, Shyeanne Shian Yen Mohd Jalani, Siti Aisyah Rushlan, Muhammad Aliff Aiman Hadie, Siti Nurma Hanim Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah Abas, Razif |
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| description | Anatomy is the foundation of medicine. Having adequate anatomy knowledge would improve medical students’ comprehension of pathology and patient management. The evolving scenario in anatomy education has created a changing educational environment in medical schools. Since educational environment influence the students’ motivation and ability to learn, it is pertinent to measure anatomy education environment as a feedback mechanism tool for further improvement in the curriculum.
This study was performed to measure pre-clinical medical students’ perception of the anatomy education environment in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) by using a validated 25-item inventory,
known as the Anatomy Education Environment Measurement Inventory (AEEMI). The inventory was distributed online to 171 first- and second-year medical students to measure their perception of
anatomy teachers and instructors, anatomy knowledge, their intrinsic interest and efforts in learning anatomy, anatomy learning resources and histology practical facilities. The analysis revealed that most of the items show “positive area” indicated by score of more than four. The first-year medical students showed a significantly higher perception of the anatomy education environment compared to the second-year medical students (p ≤ 0.05). However, both cohorts perceived an “area of improvement”
for histology practical facilities (score of 3 to 3.99). In conclusion, the students were pleased with the anatomy education experience in UPM except for histology practical facilities that may require further improvement. The use of virtual microscopy in histology teaching would be a good alternative to overcome the problem in histology teaching in UPM, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | upm-958172023-04-04T04:13:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95817/ Anatomy education environment among pre-clinical medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia using anatomy education environment measurement inventory Gunn, Shyeanne Shian Yen Mohd Jalani, Siti Aisyah Rushlan, Muhammad Aliff Aiman Hadie, Siti Nurma Hanim Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah Abas, Razif Anatomy is the foundation of medicine. Having adequate anatomy knowledge would improve medical students’ comprehension of pathology and patient management. The evolving scenario in anatomy education has created a changing educational environment in medical schools. Since educational environment influence the students’ motivation and ability to learn, it is pertinent to measure anatomy education environment as a feedback mechanism tool for further improvement in the curriculum. This study was performed to measure pre-clinical medical students’ perception of the anatomy education environment in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) by using a validated 25-item inventory, known as the Anatomy Education Environment Measurement Inventory (AEEMI). The inventory was distributed online to 171 first- and second-year medical students to measure their perception of anatomy teachers and instructors, anatomy knowledge, their intrinsic interest and efforts in learning anatomy, anatomy learning resources and histology practical facilities. The analysis revealed that most of the items show “positive area” indicated by score of more than four. The first-year medical students showed a significantly higher perception of the anatomy education environment compared to the second-year medical students (p ≤ 0.05). However, both cohorts perceived an “area of improvement” for histology practical facilities (score of 3 to 3.99). In conclusion, the students were pleased with the anatomy education experience in UPM except for histology practical facilities that may require further improvement. The use of virtual microscopy in histology teaching would be a good alternative to overcome the problem in histology teaching in UPM, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed Gunn, Shyeanne Shian Yen and Mohd Jalani, Siti Aisyah and Rushlan, Muhammad Aliff Aiman and Hadie, Siti Nurma Hanim and Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah and Abas, Razif (2021) Anatomy education environment among pre-clinical medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia using anatomy education environment measurement inventory. Education in Medicine Journal, 13 (3). 21 - 29. ISSN 2180-1932 https://eduimed.usm.my/ 10.21315/eimj2021.13.3.3 |
| spellingShingle | Gunn, Shyeanne Shian Yen Mohd Jalani, Siti Aisyah Rushlan, Muhammad Aliff Aiman Hadie, Siti Nurma Hanim Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah Abas, Razif Anatomy education environment among pre-clinical medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia using anatomy education environment measurement inventory |
| title | Anatomy education environment among pre-clinical medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia using anatomy education environment measurement inventory |
| title_full | Anatomy education environment among pre-clinical medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia using anatomy education environment measurement inventory |
| title_fullStr | Anatomy education environment among pre-clinical medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia using anatomy education environment measurement inventory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anatomy education environment among pre-clinical medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia using anatomy education environment measurement inventory |
| title_short | Anatomy education environment among pre-clinical medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia using anatomy education environment measurement inventory |
| title_sort | anatomy education environment among pre-clinical medical students in universiti putra malaysia using anatomy education environment measurement inventory |
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