Maldonado-Bautista E.; García-de-Pereda-Notario C. M.; Martínez-Sanz E.; García-Gómez S.; Murillo-González J. A.;

Barrio Asensio C.; Virto-Ruiz L.; García-Serradilla M.; Mérida-Velasco J. R.; Arráez-Aybar L.A.

Restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic meant an abrupt transition to online teaching. This change affected teaching, practical sessions and assessments of the subjects taught by the department in various degrees. In anticipation that the following academic year 2020-21 would be totally affected, a series of didactic materials were therefor developed. These materials included the preparation of theory and practice scripts that incorporated images of anatomical models, pro-sections, radiological anatomy, and ultrasound anatomy. Perceptions by the students of these innovations were recorded through an online survey and their responses evaluated through a Likert-type scale. 346 students from Physiotherapy (n= 66), Medicine (n= 169), Podiatry (n= 44) and Occupational Therapy (n= 67) degrees participated. The highest average scores corresponded to the students of Podiatry and Occupational Therapy, both presented significant differences with the other three subgroups of students (p<.0001). The lowest average score corresponded to medical students in their second academic year, which presented significance with the other four subgroups of students (p<.0001). The shortcomings of the educational system of the Complutense University of Madrid that were highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed. This crisis underscored the need for medical educators in general, and anatomists in particular, to be trained in the use of available technology and to produce their own multimedia teaching materials.

KEY WORDS: Anatomy Education; Application evaluation; Blended Learning; COVID-19; Online teaching.

MALDONADO-BAUTISTA, E.; GARCÍA-DE-PEREDA-NO- TARIO, C. M.; MARTÍNEZ-SANZ, E.; GARCÍA-GÓMEZ, S.; MURILLO-GONZÁLEZ, J. A.; BARRIO ASENSIO, C.; VIRTO-RUIZ, L.; GARCÍA-SERRADILLA, M.; MÉRIDA- VELASCO, J. R.; ARRÁEZ-AYBAR, L. A. Adaptations of anatomical teaching during Covid 19 at the University Complutense of Madrid. Evaluation by the students. Int. J. Morphol., 41(3):838- 844, 2023.