Table 1 Characteristics and career intentions of 1101 medical students questioned about their anatomy teaching exposures and perceived confidence to apply that knowledge after graduation. Values are numbers (percentages) of responses
Characteristics | No. (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | |
< 20 | 106 (9.6) |
20–24 | 653 (59.4) |
25–29 | 245 (22.3) |
30–34 | 56 (5.1) |
35–39 | 23 (2.1) |
40+ | 17 (1.5) |
Gender | |
Male | 457 (41.5) |
Female | 644 (58.5) |
Length of Medical Course (years) | |
4 | 529 (48.0) |
5 | 318 (28.9) |
6 | 254 (23.1) |
Undergraduate or Graduate Entry | |
Undergraduate | 572 (52.0) |
Graduate | 529 (48.0) |
Stage of Medical Course | |
1st Year | 245 (22.3) |
2nd Year | 268 (24.3) |
3rd Year | 204 (18.5) |
4th Year | 202 (18.3) |
5th Year | 113 (10.3) |
6th Year | 69 (6.3) |
Pre-Clinical or Clinical Years | |
Pre-Clinical | 638 (57.9) |
Clinical | 463 (42.1) |
Formal Anatomy Unit of Study Prior to Medical School? | |
Yes | 424 (38.5) |
No | 677 (61.5) |
Exposure to Dissection | |
Yes | 705 (64.0) |
No | 396 (36.0) |
Career Intentiona | |
Surgery | 204 (18.5) |
Internal Medicine | 181 (16.4) |
Emergency Medicine | 146 (13.3) |
General Practice | 141 (12.8) |
Paediatrics | 110 (10.0) |
Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 72 (6.5) |
Anaesthesia | 62 (5.6) |
Other | 185 (16.8) |
Amount of time dedicated to Anatomy Assessment? | |
Too little | 496 (45.7) |
About right or too much | 590 (54.3) |
Amount of time dedicated to integrating Anatomy with Clinical teaching? | |
Too little | 612 (57.5) |
About right or too much | 453 (42.5) |
Amount of time dedicated to integrating Anatomy with other Basic Sciences? | |
Too little | 526 (48.7) |
About right or too much | 555 (51.3) |
Confidence for anatomy knowledge in internship | |
Confident | 291 |
Undecided | 581 |
Unconfident | 228 |