Sema Polat; Elif Ipek Sönmez; Mahmut Tunç; Emir Ibrahim Isik; Esin Özsahin & Pinar Göker

Anatomy, which has an important role for professionals working in health education, is a medical science that started from early ages and has come to the present day by showing continuous development. The success of people who are educated in the field of medicine and health sciences in their professions depends on a sound background in anatomy. For this reason, it was aimed to investigate views of first and second year students on the current state of anatomy education. This study was performed on Cukurova and Baskent University Vocational School of Health Science first and second year students (183 subjects, 45.6 %; and 218 subjects, 54.4 %, respectively) (n=401). The data were obtained by feedback method via a questionnaire with 41 questions. The survey was administered to 401 students. 357 subjects of all students stated that they chose their departments voluntarily. It was determined that 86.0 % of the students participated in the research stated that using many different tools in the lessons positively affected their learning, 88.5 % stated that various presentation techniques provided a better understanding of the anatomy subject, and 86.5 % of the students agreed with the idea that what they learned in the lessons would be very useful in their professional lives. Additionally, while 319 participants (79.55 %) gave a score of 5 or more out of 10 points to the question about whether they liked the anatomy course, 82 participants (20.45 %) gave a score of 4 or less. The 71.1 % of the participants thought that the primary purpose of the anatomy course was ‘to understand the structure of the human body’. 2nd year students rated class duration significantly higher than 1st year students. Opinions of students can be beneficial and provide to improvement of anatomy education and new educational strategies These findings will help the identifying existing deficiencies and providing solutions.

KEY WORDS: Anatomy education; Students’ opinions; Survey.

POLAT, S.; SÖNMEZ, E. I.; TUNÇ, M.; ISIK, E. I.; ÖZSAHIN, E. & GÖKER, P. Anatomy education at vocational schools of health sciences. Int. J. Morphol., 42(6):1488-1496, 2024.