Abstract

RODRIGUEZ RUIZ, Héctor Mauricio; URREGO MENDOZA, Diana Zulima  and  GUALDRON, Andrés Jagua. Second year students of medicine from Universidad Nacional de Colombia: knowledge sense and attitudes regarding anatomy. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2010, vol.58, n.4, pp.306-315. ISSN 0120-0011.

Background. Anatomy course is given in first year of medicine programs. In this course it teaches knowledge about human body, skills and attitudes necessary for the clinical practice. Don´t exist previous studies in Colombia that explores students attitudes toward anatomy. Objetive. Describe knowledge and explore ways and attitudes toward anatomy and its relation to clinical students in second year medical students enrolled in basic sciences. Materials and methods. A descriptive study was done with data collected by a structured questionnaire for investigated by the degree of knowledge in basic science subjects, attitudes toward anatomy and its relationship with feeling students about clinic in second year medical students. We performed a quantitative analysis of the information and descriptive statistics were applied. Results. Second year students think that anatomy is an essential subject inside his curriculum, especially in the surgical area.Dissection laboratory practice, solving basedproblems, and knowledge about diagnostic images were learning strategies of more interest. Medical students think that anatomy should not be given only as basic science but it must be given along the whole career. Conclusion. Anatomy is an essential subject inside the process of being a doctor. Medical students have positive attitudes towards this subject. It is necessary to establish programs that allow a transcurricular education of the anatomy in medicine programs.

Keywords : anatomy; education (curriculum); health knowledge attitudes; practice; education; medical; undergraduate.

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