Medical students' preferences for asynchronous online or face‐to‐face learning strategies in learning gross anatomy and neuroanatomy during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Author:

Chang Ming‐Fong1ORCID,Yeh Chi‐Chuan2,Lue June‐Horng1,Liao Meng‐Lin1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine National Taiwan University Taipei Taiwan

2. Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine National Taiwan University Taipei Taiwan

Abstract

AbstractGross anatomy and neuroanatomy are fundamental subjects in medical education. However, learning different anatomical terms and understanding the complexity of the subjects are often challenging for medical students. At National Taiwan University, the 2020–2021 cohort adopted a face‐to‐face (F2F) learning strategy for gross anatomy and neuroanatomy lecture and laboratory courses until May 17, 2021. After the aforementioned date, the same cohort learned the rest of the gross anatomy and neuroanatomy courses via asynchronous online learning. This study aimed to evaluate the benefits of and students' preferences for F2F and asynchronous online learning strategies in learning gross anatomy and neuroanatomy. A survey with closed‐ended and open‐ended questions was used to quantitatively and qualitatively explore medical students' learning preferences for two teaching strategies in gross anatomy and neuroanatomy. The results identified different learning preferences among students in learning gross anatomy and neuroanatomy—satisfied with both learning strategies, satisfied with only F2F learning strategy, satisfied with only asynchronous online learning strategy, and satisfied with neither learning strategy. The survey results with closed‐ended and open‐ended questions showed that medical students preferred F2F learning for anatomical laboratory courses but favored asynchronous online learning for neuroanatomical laboratory courses. In addition, medical students considered peer discussion more critical in learning gross anatomy than neuroanatomy. These findings provide valuable information about medical students' preference for gross anatomy and neuroanatomy courses, which anatomy teachers can consider when planning to enhance their curriculum in the future.

Funder

National Science and Technology Council

Publisher

Wiley

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