title: Students' perceptions of usefulness of Anatomy demonstrations in traditional and hybrid undergraduate medical education curricula.
abstract: A cross-sectional study was carried out to study students' perceptions on the usefulness of Anatomy demonstrations (AD) in the undergraduate medical education by comparing the Conventional Medical College (CMC) and problem-based learning as hybrid curriculum (HMC). Purposive sampling technique was used and all students were included. The completed questionnaire responses were returned by 92 CMC and 87 HMC students. CMC cohort understood the structural relationship more than HMC (p=0.03). AD helped 50 students (54%) of CMC to get through the theory examination, however 73 (84%) students of HMC found them useful in preparation for theory examinations (p<0.001). The importance of AD as a major content delivery strategy cannot be overemphasized in the anatomy curriculum and useful teaching strategies from various undergraduate medical curricula, such as the use of the plastic and plastinated models and the session handouts.
authors.affiliation: Anatomy, Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Ayesha Saba
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Naz
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Rehana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Zehra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jamil
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Anatomy, Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Ambreen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Surti
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Small-group interactive sessions, problem based learning, conventional medical curriculum, Anatomy, Demonstrations.