The View points of Medical Students In Yazd University of Medical Sciences Toward Horizontal Integration Teaching Method in Anatomical Sciences Courses

Dehghan, Maryam; Anvari, Morteza; Hosseini Sharifabad, Mohamad; Talebi, Alireza; Nahangi, Hossein; Abbasi, Abolghasem; Yadegari, Sadegh

The View points of Medical Students In Yazd University of Medical Sciences Toward Horizontal Integration Teaching Method in Anatomical Sciences Courses

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Maryam Dehghan ¹

Morteza Anvari ²

Mohamad Hosseini Sharifabad ²

Alireza Talebi ³

Hossein Nahangi ²

Abolghasem Abbasi ¹

Sadegh Yadegari ¹

¹ M.Sc. in Anatomy, Instractor of Biology & Anatomy Dept., Medical School, Shahid Sadooghi Medical Sciences University, Yazd, Iran

² Ph.D. in Anatomy, Assistant Professor Biology & Anatomy Dept., Medical School, Shahid Sadooghi Medical Sciences University, Yazd, Iran.

³ Ph.D. in Histology, Assistant Professor Biology & Anatomy Dept., Medical School, Shahid Sadooghi Medical Sciences University, Yazd, Iran.

Abstract

Background & Objective: At present two teaching methods of traditional and integration are used for the theoretical instruction of anatomical sciences including anatomy histology and embryology It is thought that the integration teaching method can help Medical students especially in their clinical course of study This study was designed to find the attitudes of Medical students of Yazd University of Medical Sciences toward this method in teaching anatomical sciences courses Methods: This study was done on Medical students who had been educated by the integration method Data collection was done by using a self administrated questionnaire in four domains of knowledge about the integration program of anatomical sciences courses facilities of the integration process order of course presentation and satisfaction of the integration plan Data were analyzed through SPSS software package Results : Most of the respondents had moderate familiarity with the integration method and asserted that this method had moderately facilitated their learning process in anatomical sciences courses According to most participants the rate of coordination between the organ system was moderate Students satisfaction of integration of embryology histology and anatomy courses was high In regard to the order of course presentation participants preferred histology embryology anatomy and physiology order Conclusion: Attitudes of Medical students toward horizontal integration method of basic sciences courses was moderate and based on the obtained results it seems that the best presentation order is respectively histology embryology anatomy and physiology

Keywords

Integration method

Traditional method

Basic sciences

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