TITLE:
A Five-Year Institutional Study of the Effectiveness of Fourth-Year Clinical Anatomy in Promoting Musculoskeletal Education
AUTHORS:
Vandan S. Shah, Suzanne S. Dooley-Hash, Clifford L. Craig, John L. Zeller
KEYWORDS:
Applied Clinical Anatomy, Musculoskeletal Education, Medical Education, Anatomy Curriculum
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.5 No.21,
November
27,
2014
ABSTRACT: Despite the increasing prevalence of musculoskeletal disease in the population, studies continue to show deficiencies in the duration and extent of musculoskeletal education. From 2009-2013, senior medical students enrolled in a clinical anatomy elective at our institution’s medical school completed pre- and post-course examinations related to musculoskeletal education with associated radiographic interpretation and physical examination correlates. A control group of fourth-year students who did not participate in a clinical anatomy elective completed a comparable exam. Student pre-course and control group test scores averaged 54%. The control group scored at the same level for the radiographic (pre-course average 65%, control-group average 61%, p = 0.21) and physical exam sections (pre-course average 56%, control-group average 53%, p = 0.28), and lower in the musculoskeletal portion (pre-course average 50%, control-group average 39%, p p