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2 . 2022

EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING HUMAN ANATOMY AT THE KAZAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY UNDER ANTI-EPIDEMIC COVID 19 RESTRICTIONS

Abstract

The COVID‑19 pandemic has created serious problems for medical education, which, at the legislative level in the Russian Federation, was only possible in person. In the spring semester of the 2019/2020 academic year, teaching human anatomy at the Kazan State Medical University was almost completely transferred to distance learning. Starting from the fall semester of the 2020/2021 academic year and up to the present, teaching is conducted in a mixed (offline and online) forms. The department has developed and implemented distance learning courses of lectures and practical classes for students of all faculties, online classes are actively used in the Zoom application. Questioning of students showed that 92% of students rate the distance learning courses developed by the department as «very useful» or «useful». An analysis of students’ creative essays and an expert survey of teachers revealed the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning «Human Anatomy». Our results indicate that distance lecture courses can effectively replace face-to-face lectures. However, the practical skills acquired by students in the course of contact training with natural anatomical preparations are much more difficult to replace with distance learning. Thus, the teaching of practical classes in the discipline «human anatomy» using remote methods is a forced, temporary measure.

Keywords:COVID 19; anatomy; teaching methods; e-learning; pandemic

Funding. The study had no sponsor support.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Gazizov I.M., Eremeeva O.N., Faizrahmanova A.N. Experience in teaching human anatomy at the Kazan State Medical University under anti-epidemic COVID‑19 restrictions. Meditsinskoe obrazovanie i professional’noe razvitie [Medical Education and Professional Development]. 2022; 13 (2): 123–33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2220-8453-2022-13-2-123-133 (in Russian)

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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Balkizov Zalim Zamirovich
Secretary General of the Russian Society of Medical Education Specialists, Director of the Institute of Training of Medical Education Specialists of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, 125993, Moscow, Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Vocational Education and Educational Technologies of the N.I. Pirogov RNIMU of the MOH of Russia, CEO of GEOTAR-Med, Advisor President of the National Medical Chamber, Moscow, Russian Federation

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