Abstract

Objectives: We assessed the success rates of students on final examinations of anatomy lessons following different education systems.

Study Design: We evaluated the success rates of two student groups who received anatomy lessons during two different education systems, namely integrated system between 1984-1993 (n=2051) and classical system between 1994- 2002 (n=1857 for Systemic Anatomy, n=1927 for Topographic Anatomy). In the integrated system, the students who gave correct answers to 50% of the anatomy questions were accepted to be successful. In the classical system, those who achieved a passing grade of 60 or above were accepted to be successful.

Results: The success rates in the anatomy lessons were 56.3% and 51.3% in the integrated and classical systems, respectively. The ratio of successful students to the total number of students in each class was similar with both systems.

Conclusion: The success rates of students show that the anatomy curriculum implemented has certain academic standards independent on system changes.

Keywords : Anatomy; curriculum; education, medical, undergraduate/ standards; educational measurement; schools, medical/ standards