Authors: Rupal Shastrakar, Manisha Nakhate
Introduction: Anatomy is widely studied subject amongst the medical students. Anatomy has maximum hours in preclinical subjects to be studied by first year students of medical, dental and physiotherapy as well as occupational therapy. As anatomy is taught under many headings like gross anatomy, embryology, histology, osteology, radiology, living and surface anatomy, students spend maximum time in understanding anatomy. So considering these facts and time constraints teaching – learning methods needs to be updated and evaluated. So in the present article a study was conducted on I year MBBS students (n =250) and a questionnaire was given them to answer. In that they were asked to give their preferences to the method of teaching in every head in anatomy. Result: Almost 70.4 % students chosen cadaveric dissection as preferred method to study gross anatomy. Others suggested that it should be assisted by audiovisual aids. Most students preferred 3 D animations and models to study embryology. For studying histology 59.2 % students preferred slide projection or power point presentation as method of choice. Conclusion: Cadaveric dissection remains the choice through years to learn gross anatomy whereas other heads are to be taught by combination of traditional methods and newer instructional methods. This will result in medical graduates committed to continuous improvement in skill and knowledge.
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