Anat Biol Anthropol.  2019 Sep;32(3):109-113. 10.11637/aba.2019.32.3.109.

The Recognition and Need of Medical Student on Peer Review in Cadaver Dissection

• Jo JJ
• Kang SW
• Lee SJ
• Jung SJ
• Lee JH

• KMID: 2459069
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11637/aba.2019.32.3.109

Abstract

Peer review in dissection is a good evaluation method that allows students not only to recognize professional behavior of peers, but also to look back on themselves. The purpose of this study is to analyze the recognition and feelings of students about peer review in dissection and to use peer review more effectively. In this study, it was to examine the reflection on grades of peer review, the improvement on attitude of dissection by peer review, and the reliability of peer review, also, additionally necessary subjects, the method of peer review, the emotions of students during the peer review. As a result of the questionnaire survey, the necessity about reflection of peer review (48, 67.6%), the improvement on attitude of dissection (41, 57.7%) and the reliability of peer review (30, 44.1%) were positive. Moreover, many students asked additionally necessary subjects not to be required except for anatomy (42, 67.7%). In the questionnaire on the method of peer review, to select students who have been good and bad in the practice is best (34 students, 57.6%). In the questionnaire for emotions of students during the peer review, "bad" was the most common (25, 39.7%), and the average value was about 2.7 in the 5 scale. There is a limitation to utilize peer review as an evaluation method of anatomy education. Therefore, much more effort is needed to improve the utilization of peer review and the professor should support the emotions of students during the peer review.

Keyword

Anatomical education; Cadaver dissection; Peer review; Medical education; Emotion

MeSH Terms

Cadaver*
Education
Education, Medical
Humans
Methods
Peer Review*
Students, Medical*

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  Fig. 1. The additionally necessary subjects.

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  Fig. 2. The scale of emotion which students have been felt during the peer review.

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