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Table 2 The Blacksmith Approach: Best strategy for teaching and learning in the medical anatomy course. Themes, sub-themes, and codes

From: The blacksmith approach: a strategy for teaching and learning in the medical anatomy course (a qualitative study)

Main Themes

Sub Themes

code

cods

Blacksmith Approach

Redesigning Educational Mindset (Making a New Forge)

Creating a Vision for Students

√ Anatomy is hard, bulky, should be taken seriously

√ I can help myself more than anyone

√ integrated curriculum

√ self-study / Self-confidence

scarcely happens in the real world!

√ professional identity

√ prospective physicians

Mindful Clinical View

Role Modeling and Support (Heating up the Students’ Hearts)

Joyful Teaching (Telling Stories/Games/ Humor)

√ every trick must be done

√ enjoy class

√ follow me in the classroom

Student Support System

√ susceptible students

√ assistance

√ Vulnerable

√ right supporters

Sitting and talking to them

Sledgehammer Approach (Thorough Engagement in the Age of Pandemics)

Study Guide

√ Preparedness

√ Road map

Reference Autonomy

√ self-learning

√ self-direction

Neuroanatomical Engagement

√ Visual Learning

√ Auditory Learning

√ Sensory Learning

√ Brain Hemispheres

Long-term Memorization

Mindful Dissection, Better Transition

√ It smells so bad, but we need the observation

√ We got used to it

√ ethically important

√ respect the dead body

√ respect to the living body

Drawing

√ easy to learn

√ Draw a lot

Problem-Based Learning

√ Look at the patient’s family

√ Deep worry

√ What is the next step of the problem?

Peer-Assisted Learning

√ Peer to the peer group

√ Discussing the problem