title: Educational impact of a clinical anatomy workshop on 1st-year orthopedic and rheumatology fellows in Mexico City.
abstract: We aim to study the educational impact of a clinical anatomy workshop in 1st-year orthopedic and rheumatology fellows. First-year rheumatology fellows (N = 17) and a convenience sample of 1st-year orthopedic fellows (N = 14) from Mexico City in the 9th month of training participated in the study. The pre- and the post- workshop tests included the same 20 questions that had to be answered by identification or demonstration of relevant anatomical items. The questions, arranged by anatomical regions, were asked in five dynamic stations. Overall, the 31 participants showed an increase of correct answers, from a median of 6 (range 1 to 12) in the pre-workshop test, to a median of 14 (range 7 to 19) in the post-workshop test. In the pre-workshop test, the correct median answers were 7 (range 2 to 12) in the orthopedic fellows and 5 (range 1 to 10) in the rheumatology fellows (p = 0.297). Corresponding scores in the post-workshop were 15 (range 10 to 19) and 12 (range 7 to 18) (p = 0.026) showing a significant difference favoring the orthopedic group. Our clinical anatomy workshop was efficacious, in the short term, as a teaching instrument for 1st-year orthopedic and rheumatology fellows. The post-workshop scores, although significantly improved in both groups, particularly in the orthopedic fellows, were still suboptimal. Further refinements of our workshop might yield better results.
authors.affiliation: Jefe de Reumatología, Hospital de Especialidades Antonio Fraga Mouret, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, IMSS, Seris y Zaachila s/n, Col. La Raza, Del., Azcapotzalco, CP 02990, DF, Mexico. miansaavsa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Saavedra
authors.affiliation: Reumatólogo, Hospital Ángeles de Tijuana, Tijuana, BC, Mexico.|Reumatólogo Hospital General de Tijuana, Secretaría de Salud de Baja California, Tijuana, BC, Mexico.|Profesor titular de Reumatologia, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, CISALUD, Valle de las Palmas, BC, Mexico.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Villaseñor-Ovies
authors.affiliation: Ortopedista, Centro Médico ABC, México, DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Harfush
authors.affiliation: Reumatólogo, Hospital General de Chilpancingo Dr. Raymundo Abarca Alarcón, Chilpancingo, Gro, Chilpancingo, Mexico.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Navarro-Zarza
authors.affiliation: Reumatólogo, Centro Médico ABC, México DF, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, México, Mexico.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Canoso
authors.affiliation: División de Investigación, Hospital de Especialidades Antonio Fraga Mouret, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, IMSS, México, DF, México.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cruz-Domínguez
authors.affiliation: Reumatolóloga, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: Reumatóloga, Jefa, Laboratorio de Ultrasonido Musculoesquelético y Articular, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, México, DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hernández-Díaz
authors.affiliation: Reumatóloga, Hospital Adolfo López Mateos, ISSSTE, México, DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chiapas-Gasca
authors.affiliation: Ortopedista, Centro Médico ABC, México, DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Camacho-Galindo
authors.affiliation: Investigador en Ciencias Médicas, Unidad de Investigación, México, DF, Mexico.|Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Nemegyei
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Department, Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kalish
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000193:education*; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000193:education*
keywords: Clinical anatomy knowledge; Education; Orthopedic fellows training; Rheumatology fellows training