title: Self-directed learning in anatomy: incorporation of case-based studies into a conventional medical curriculum.
abstract: This paper reports an attempt to develop self-directed learning skills in second-year medical students by introducing case-based projects into the gross anatomy course at a long-established medical school. The programme and students' responses to a questionnaire completed at the end of the year are presented. Information on the various resources used by students to find information is given. The performance of students in the case-based components of the course has been evaluated and also in the more traditional end-of-year written examination. The data confirm that students have recognized that the projects were about obtaining a deeper understanding of the anatomy, and the programme appears to have promoted the use and study of library texts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Peplow
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D013337:Students, Medical