The relationship between premedical coursework in gross anatomy and histology and medical school performance in gross anatomy and histology
The relationship between premedical coursework in gross anatomy and histology and medical school performance in gross anatomy and histology
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10.1002/ca.1114
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发表时间：
2002-01-01
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2.4
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Cole, MS
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Forester, JP;McWhorter, DL;Cole, MS
许多医学预科学生注册的课程内容在他们的医学教育中将再次遇到。据推测，学生们相信这种做法会提高医学院相应课程的学习成绩。因此，这项研究是为了确定医学大体解剖学和/或组织学预科课程是否会提高相应医学院课程的表现。这项研究的第二个目的是检查医学前大体解剖学和/或组织学课程的类型是否会对医学院的表现产生不同的影响。对440名一年级医学生进行了一项调查，评估了医学大体解剖学和组织学之前的课程。调查结果显示，有大体解剖学(n=236)和/或组织学(n=109)专业的学生在相应的医学院课程中获得的分数明显高于没有学习医学专业课程的学生(P<；0.05)。对医学预科课程类型的分析表明，有解剖标本的学生(n=35)比没有大体解剖课程的学生获得更多的分数(P<；0.05)。这项研究的结果表明：1)医学大体解剖学和/或组织学课程提高了相应医学院课程的学习成绩；2)医学大体解剖预科课程是本科课程的一种特定类型，显著提高了医学大体解剖学的学习成绩。克莱恩。阿纳特。2002年15：160-164。(C)2002年Wiley-Liss，Inc.
Many premedical students enroll in courses whose content will be encountered again during their medical education. Presumably, students believe this practice will lead to improved academic performance in corresponding medical school courses. Therefore, this study was undertaken to determine whether a premedical gross anatomy and/or histology course resulted in increased performance in corresponding medical school courses. A second aim of the study was to examine whether the type of premedical gross anatomy and/or histology course differentially affected medical school performance. A survey that assessed premedical gross anatomy and histology coursework was administered to 440 first-year medical students. The results from this survey showed that students with premedical gross anatomy (n = 236) and/or histology (n = 109) earned significantly more points in the corresponding medical school course than students without the premedical coursework (P < 0.05). Analysis of premedical course types revealed that students who took a gross anatomy course with prosected specimens (n = 35) earned significantly more points that those students without premedical gross anatomy coursework (P < 0.05). The results from this study suggest: 1) premedical gross anatomy and/or histology coursework improves academic performance in corresponding medical school courses, and 2) a premedical gross anatomy course with prosected specimens, a specific type of undergraduate course, significantly improves academic performance in medical gross anatomy. Clin. Anat. 15:160-164, 2002. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.