Medical Students’ Perceptions of Pathology and a Proposed Curricular Integration with Histology: A Future Vision of Curricular Change

SUMMARY: Students’ perceptions and feedback have a significant impact on academic progress. The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions of medical students regarding the cumulative effects of the first year general histology course and the sophomore pathology introductory course...

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Autores principales: Al-Khader,Ali, Obeidat,Fatima N, Abu-Shahin,Nisreen, Khouri,Nabil A, Kaddumi,Ezidin G, Al-Qa'qa',Shifaa', Al-Shatanawi,Tariq N, Jaber,Hatem, Al-Saghbini,Mohamad, Amer,Nabil
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-950220200001000382019-11-22Medical Students’ Perceptions of Pathology and a Proposed Curricular Integration with Histology: A Future Vision of Curricular ChangeAl-Khader,AliObeidat,Fatima NAbu-Shahin,NisreenKhouri,Nabil AKaddumi,Ezidin GAl-Qa'qa',Shifaa'Al-Shatanawi,Tariq NJaber,HatemAl-Saghbini,MohamadAmer,Nabil Pathology Histology Medical students SUMMARY: Students’ perceptions and feedback have a significant impact on academic progress. The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions of medical students regarding the cumulative effects of the first year general histology course and the sophomore pathology introductory course, in addition to their perceptions regarding the curricular integration of histology and pathology. In this cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was given to second-year and third-year medical students in the middle of second semester. The questionnaire comprised several items on students’ attitudes toward anatomic pathology, their feedback on the first year general histology and the sophomore pathology courses, and their perceptions regarding the integration of histology and pathology courses. A five-point Likert scale was used. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) v 20 software. Two hundreds and fourteen of the 236 questionnaires distributed were analyzed (response rate = 90.7 %). More than 51 % of the respondents reported that they couldn’t identify the normal tissue counterpart of most practical pathology cases. Only 31.3 % thought their practical histology knowledge was beneficial for them in practical pathology. More than 87 % agreed or strongly agreed that pathology cases need to be copresented with normal tissue examples. A significant proportion of the respondents (60.7 %) were with merging histology and pathology in integrated courses. Pathology was of career choices for only 15.4 % of the participants. The curricular integration of histology and pathology in the first year needs to be tested, and much effort is needed to increase students’ affinity for anatomic pathology.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.38 n.1 20202020-02-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022020000100038en10.4067/S0717-95022020000100038
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topic Pathology
Histology
Medical students
spellingShingle Pathology
Histology
Medical students
Al-Khader,Ali
Obeidat,Fatima N
Abu-Shahin,Nisreen
Khouri,Nabil A
Kaddumi,Ezidin G
Al-Qa'qa',Shifaa'
Al-Shatanawi,Tariq N
Jaber,Hatem
Al-Saghbini,Mohamad
Amer,Nabil
Medical Students’ Perceptions of Pathology and a Proposed Curricular Integration with Histology: A Future Vision of Curricular Change
description SUMMARY: Students’ perceptions and feedback have a significant impact on academic progress. The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions of medical students regarding the cumulative effects of the first year general histology course and the sophomore pathology introductory course, in addition to their perceptions regarding the curricular integration of histology and pathology. In this cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was given to second-year and third-year medical students in the middle of second semester. The questionnaire comprised several items on students’ attitudes toward anatomic pathology, their feedback on the first year general histology and the sophomore pathology courses, and their perceptions regarding the integration of histology and pathology courses. A five-point Likert scale was used. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) v 20 software. Two hundreds and fourteen of the 236 questionnaires distributed were analyzed (response rate = 90.7 %). More than 51 % of the respondents reported that they couldn’t identify the normal tissue counterpart of most practical pathology cases. Only 31.3 % thought their practical histology knowledge was beneficial for them in practical pathology. More than 87 % agreed or strongly agreed that pathology cases need to be copresented with normal tissue examples. A significant proportion of the respondents (60.7 %) were with merging histology and pathology in integrated courses. Pathology was of career choices for only 15.4 % of the participants. The curricular integration of histology and pathology in the first year needs to be tested, and much effort is needed to increase students’ affinity for anatomic pathology.
author Al-Khader,Ali
Obeidat,Fatima N
Abu-Shahin,Nisreen
Khouri,Nabil A
Kaddumi,Ezidin G
Al-Qa'qa',Shifaa'
Al-Shatanawi,Tariq N
Jaber,Hatem
Al-Saghbini,Mohamad
Amer,Nabil
author_facet Al-Khader,Ali
Obeidat,Fatima N
Abu-Shahin,Nisreen
Khouri,Nabil A
Kaddumi,Ezidin G
Al-Qa'qa',Shifaa'
Al-Shatanawi,Tariq N
Jaber,Hatem
Al-Saghbini,Mohamad
Amer,Nabil
author_sort Al-Khader,Ali
title Medical Students’ Perceptions of Pathology and a Proposed Curricular Integration with Histology: A Future Vision of Curricular Change
title_short Medical Students’ Perceptions of Pathology and a Proposed Curricular Integration with Histology: A Future Vision of Curricular Change
title_full Medical Students’ Perceptions of Pathology and a Proposed Curricular Integration with Histology: A Future Vision of Curricular Change
title_fullStr Medical Students’ Perceptions of Pathology and a Proposed Curricular Integration with Histology: A Future Vision of Curricular Change
title_full_unstemmed Medical Students’ Perceptions of Pathology and a Proposed Curricular Integration with Histology: A Future Vision of Curricular Change
title_sort medical students’ perceptions of pathology and a proposed curricular integration with histology: a future vision of curricular change
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate 2020
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022020000100038
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