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Table 3 Socioconstructivist interprofessional learning stations in anatomy for first-year medical and midwifery students, 4-hour block training in interprofessional tandems

From: Interprofessional socialization of first-year medical and midwifery students: effects of an ultra-brief anatomy training

Station number

Station name

Anatomical learning objectives

Interprofessional learning objectives

Didactic strategy

Materials used

Points achieved,  mean (SD)

Theoretical stations – Multimedia room (12 min. per station)

 

 1

Ectopic pregnancy

Apply the anatomy of the female reproduction to solve an authentic case of an ectopic pregnancy

Use interprofessional communication to solve an authentic problem

Case-based learning

Pen-and-pencil

6.12 (1.73)

 2

Postpartum

Formulate a fictional conversation to accompany and educate a woman after childbirth

Value the midwives’ area of responsibility and the complexity of their profession

Simulation

Pen-and-pencil

5.53 (1.50)

 3

Hormone memory

Examine endocrine hormones and allocate them to their functions

Distribute tasks self-directed in an interprofessional team

Gamification

Memory cards

5.18 (2.04)

 4

Sectio cesarea

Analyze the anatomical structures in a sectio cesarea

Communicate adequately as part of an interprofessional team

Case-based learning

Tablets with movie clips

4.18 (1.47)

 5

Emergency room

Apply anatomical knowledge to simulate clinical reasoning in the emergency room

Value the medical students’ responsibility and the complexity of their profession

Simulation

Laptops with an ER simulation software

1.06 (0.90)

 6

Spermiogram

Differentiate and evaluate healthy and unhealthy sperms

Conduct a joint documentation as part of an interprofessional collaboration

Situated learning

Microscopes and sperm specimen

3.35 (2.06)

Practical stations – Dissection hall (12 min. per station)

 7

Pelvic floor

Memorize and repeat the muscles and structures of the pelvis and locate them on 3D pelvic floor models

Conduct a documentation as part of an interprofessional collaboration

3D models

Male and female pelvis models

6.88 (2.74)

 8

Lower abdomen

Identify and compare the anatomy of the lower abdomen in a female and male cadaver

Work ethically with body donors in interprofessional teams

Situated learning

Cadaver and flags to mark the structures to be designated

5.03 (0.98)

 9

Fetal relics

Name and find fetal relics in cadavers

Work ethically with body donors in interprofessional teams

Situated learning

Cadaver and flags to mark the structures to be designated

4.58 (2.18)

 10

Pelvic floor

Draw, label and name the differences of the female and male pelvic floor

Conduct a documentation as part of an interprofessional collaboration

Learning with drawing

Median sagittal section of cadavers

7.76 (5.13)

 11

Embryonic period

Identify structures on embryonic models of the 7th, 15th and 25th developmental day

Distribute tasks self-directed in an interprofessional team

Situated learning

Three numbered models

4.76 (2.80)

 12

Sexual dimorphism of the bony pelvis

Name all the sex differences in the construction of the pelvis in male and female skeletons

Distribute tasks self-directed in an interprofessional team

Situated learning

Male and female skeletons

4.62 (1.87)