A survey-based research of medical faculty students’ experiences on anatomy education during the Covid-19 pandemic process

Abstract

Purpose. — In this study, the purpose was to uncover the views of medical students about online anatomy education adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic period. It was also aimed to deter- mine whether medical school students found online education suitable for anatomy lectures and which materials they desired to use during teaching anatomy practice lectures in this process. Methods. — A survey form that was prepared with the Google Survey application was adminis- tered to the Medical Faculty Term 1 and 2 students who received anatomy courses at Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University in the spring semester of the 2019—2020 academic year. Results. — A total of 180 students, 53.89% of whom were 1st graders and 46.11% 2nd graders participated in the study, and 43.89% of the students stated that they found online education suitable for anatomy theoretical courses, and 12.78% for anatomy practice courses. Also, 43.75% of Term 1 and 41.77% of Term 2 students stated that the pandemic negatively affected the teach- ing of anatomy theoretical courses. It was found that students considered that anatomy practice courses were more affected by the pandemic before and during the pandemic (P < 0.001). Conclusions. — This study uncovered that the pandemic process negatively affected anatomy education and students made more use of face-to-face education. We believe that the results obtained in the study will shed light on the views of anatomists on the teaching of anatomy in the online education process