Consolidation Carnival: A Case-Based Approach to Reviewing Musculoskeletal Anatomy in an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum
Rosemary Bassey, Robert V Hill, Zeinab Nassrallah, Shannon Knutson, Brian Pinard, Doreen M Olvet, William P Rennie Department of Science Education, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USACorrespondence: Rosemary Bassey, Department of Science Education,...
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| description | Rosemary Bassey, Robert V Hill, Zeinab Nassrallah, Shannon Knutson, Brian Pinard, Doreen M Olvet, William P Rennie Department of Science Education, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USACorrespondence: Rosemary Bassey, Department of Science Education, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell, Hempstead, NY, 11549, USA, Tel +1 516 463-7504, Email Rosemary.bassey@hofstra.eduIntroduction: Recent changes in undergraduate medical curricula have resulted in time constraints that are particularly challenging, especially when students must learn large blocks of musculoskeletal anatomy content. Consequently, students have resorted to rote memorization to cope, which counteracts our established collaborative self-directed learning model.Methods: For a 6-week musculoskeletal anatomy course, two structured case-based review sessions are described, each following the completion of two five-hour lab sessions, two on the upper extremities and two on the lower extremities. These largely self-directed review sessions consisted of 6 students rotating through 7 to 8 stations every 10 minutes where clinical cases with follow-up questions were projected on large screens. The students were expected to work collaboratively to solve the cases utilizing the prosected specimens provided and discuss the accompanying answers at the end of each case.Results: Ninety-four per cent of the students who participated in this study agreed that the case-based review sessions provided a helpful overview of musculoskeletal anatomy content. Student performance on the open-ended, case-based musculoskeletal examination questions showed no significant difference in performance on shoulder, hand, hip, thigh, and leg questions. There was, however, a statistically significant decrease in the students’ scores on a forearm question in 2021 compared to 2019.Conclusion: This paper describes our integrated, collaborative musculoskeletal course, including case-based review sessions, which was positively received by students as having value in reviewing the musculoskeletal content though it was not found to improve examination performance.Keywords: musculoskeletal, anatomy, integrated curriculum, review, consolidation, evaluation |
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| spelling | doaj.art-343dd578051a43e7a1db6f948925851a2023-08-13T22:16:47ZengDove Medical PressAdvances in Medical Education and Practice1179-72582023-08-01Volume 1488989785830Consolidation Carnival: A Case-Based Approach to Reviewing Musculoskeletal Anatomy in an Undergraduate Medical CurriculumBassey RHill RVNassrallah ZKnutson SPinard BOlvet DMRennie WPRosemary Bassey, Robert V Hill, Zeinab Nassrallah, Shannon Knutson, Brian Pinard, Doreen M Olvet, William P Rennie Department of Science Education, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USACorrespondence: Rosemary Bassey, Department of Science Education, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell, Hempstead, NY, 11549, USA, Tel +1 516 463-7504, Email Rosemary.bassey@hofstra.eduIntroduction: Recent changes in undergraduate medical curricula have resulted in time constraints that are particularly challenging, especially when students must learn large blocks of musculoskeletal anatomy content. Consequently, students have resorted to rote memorization to cope, which counteracts our established collaborative self-directed learning model.Methods: For a 6-week musculoskeletal anatomy course, two structured case-based review sessions are described, each following the completion of two five-hour lab sessions, two on the upper extremities and two on the lower extremities. These largely self-directed review sessions consisted of 6 students rotating through 7 to 8 stations every 10 minutes where clinical cases with follow-up questions were projected on large screens. The students were expected to work collaboratively to solve the cases utilizing the prosected specimens provided and discuss the accompanying answers at the end of each case.Results: Ninety-four per cent of the students who participated in this study agreed that the case-based review sessions provided a helpful overview of musculoskeletal anatomy content. Student performance on the open-ended, case-based musculoskeletal examination questions showed no significant difference in performance on shoulder, hand, hip, thigh, and leg questions. There was, however, a statistically significant decrease in the students’ scores on a forearm question in 2021 compared to 2019.Conclusion: This paper describes our integrated, collaborative musculoskeletal course, including case-based review sessions, which was positively received by students as having value in reviewing the musculoskeletal content though it was not found to improve examination performance.Keywords: musculoskeletal, anatomy, integrated curriculum, review, consolidation, evaluationhttps://www.dovepress.com/consolidation-carnival-a-case-based-approach-to-reviewing-musculoskele-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-AMEPmusculoskeletalanatomyintegrated curriculumreviewconsolidationevaluation |
| spellingShingle | Bassey R Hill RV Nassrallah Z Knutson S Pinard B Olvet DM Rennie WP Consolidation Carnival: A Case-Based Approach to Reviewing Musculoskeletal Anatomy in an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum Advances in Medical Education and Practice musculoskeletal anatomy integrated curriculum review consolidation evaluation |
| title | Consolidation Carnival: A Case-Based Approach to Reviewing Musculoskeletal Anatomy in an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum |
| title_full | Consolidation Carnival: A Case-Based Approach to Reviewing Musculoskeletal Anatomy in an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum |
| title_fullStr | Consolidation Carnival: A Case-Based Approach to Reviewing Musculoskeletal Anatomy in an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consolidation Carnival: A Case-Based Approach to Reviewing Musculoskeletal Anatomy in an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum |
| title_short | Consolidation Carnival: A Case-Based Approach to Reviewing Musculoskeletal Anatomy in an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum |
| title_sort | consolidation carnival a case based approach to reviewing musculoskeletal anatomy in an undergraduate medical curriculum |
| topic | musculoskeletal anatomy integrated curriculum review consolidation evaluation |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/consolidation-carnival-a-case-based-approach-to-reviewing-musculoskele-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-AMEP |
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