“Anatomy and Imaging”: 10 Years of Experience with an Interdisciplinary Teaching Project in Preclinical Medical Education – From an Elective to a Curricular Course

Abstract

Purpose: Presentation of an interdisciplinary, interactive, tutor-based preclinical teaching project called “Anatomy and Imaging”.

Materials and Methods: Experience report, analysis of evaluation results and selective literature review.

Results: From 2001 to 2012, 618 students took the basic course (4 periods per week throughout the semester) and 316 took the advanced course (2 periods per week). We reviewed 557 (return rate 90.1 %) and 292 (92.4 %) completed evaluation forms of the basic and the advanced course. Results showed overall high satisfaction with the courses (1.33 and 1.56, respectively, on a 5-point Likert scale). The recognizability of the relevance of the course content for medical training, the promotion of the interest in medicine and the quality of the student tutors were evaluated especially positively.

Conclusion: The “Anatomy and Imaging” teaching project is a successful concept for integrating medical imaging into the preclinical stage of medical education. The course was offered as part of the curriculum in 2013 for the first time. “Anatomia in mortuis” and “Anatomia in vivo” are not regarded as rivaling entities in the delivery of knowledge, but as complementary methods.

Key points:

• “Anatomy and Imaging” is an interdisciplinary, interactive, tutor-based preclinical teaching project.

Imaging techniques potentially deliver anatomical knowledge effectively.

• Student tutors enable teaching in small groups (up to 10 participants).

• Since 2013, the former elective has become part of the curriculum.

• The course introduces preclinical students to radiology.

Citation Format:

• Schober A, Pieper CC, Schmidt R et al. “Anatomy and Imaging”: 10 Years of Experience with an Interdisciplinary Teaching Project in Preclinical Medical Education – From an Elective to a Curricular Course. Fortschr Röntgenstr 2014; 186: 458 – 465

Zusammenfassung

Ziel: Vorstellung des interdisziplinären, interaktiven, tutorengestützten, vorklinischen Lehrprojektes „Anatomie und Bildgebung“.

Material und Methoden: Erfahrungsbericht, Auswertung der Evaluationsergebnisse sowie selektive Literaturrecherche.

Ergebnisse: Zwischen 2001 und 2012 besuchten 618 Studierende den Grundkurs (4 Semesterwochenstunden) und 316 den Aufbaukurs (2 Semesterwochenstunden). Zur Auswertung lagen 557 (Rücklaufquote 90,1 %) bzw. 292 (92,4 %) vollständig ausgefüllte Evaluationsbogen vor. Die Gesamtbewertung der Kurse war gut bis sehr gut (1,33 bzw. 1,56 auf einer 5-stufigen Likert-Skala). Positiv beurteilt wurden insbesondere die Erkennbarkeit der Relevanz der Kursinhalte für die ärztliche Ausbildung, die Förderung des Interesses an der Medizin sowie die Qualität der studentischen Tutoren.

Schlussfolgerung: Das Lehrprojekt „Anatomie und Bildgebung“ stellt ein erfolgreiches Konzept zur Integration bildgebender Verfahren in die Vorklinik dar. Im Jahre 2013 hat der Kurs erstmals im Rahmen der curricularen Lehre stattgefunden. Anatomie „in mortuis“ und Anatomie „in vivo“ werden nicht als konkurrierende, sondern als sich ergänzende Methoden der Wissensvermittlung angesehen.

Key words

education - anatomy - teaching of anatomy - radiologic anatomy - preclinical curriculum

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