期刊名称：International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health
电子版ISSN：1840-4529
出版年度：2013
卷号：5
期号：5
出版社：DRUNPP Sarajevo
摘要：Background: The study of the structure of nervous system, human neuroanatomy, is crucial to the medical and allied health students. The tracts in motor system and somato-sensory system are the most complicated portions which need simplification for better understanding. The pyramidal motor system consists of a group of fibres carrying messages for voluntary motor movement to the lower motor neurons in the brain stem and spinal cord. It controls all of our voluntary movements and understanding of its pathway is vital for medical students to be able to transfer this knowledge to real life clinical settings. Aim & Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of teacher-made educational model in enhancing medical students' learning of pyramidal motor system Methods: An innovative attempt was made by the researchers to develop a model of pyramidal motor system using readily available materials. It was developed to illustrate the motor pathway in three dimensional model starting from the motor area in the cerebral cortex till to the skeletal muscle. A computer aided animation to demonstrate the cross sectional appearance of brain at different levels and the motor pathway was also created. The model was supported by the animation mimicking the conduction of nerve impulses along the motor pathway. A total of 87 Year 1 medical students in small groups were randomly exposed to two methods; (1) 44 students in this innovative method and (2) 43 in conventional small group teaching method. The difference in their assessment scores (both immediate and remote) was analyzed. Results/Findings: The groups assisted by the innovative educational aid developed by the teachers for this purpose showed a significantly higher scores (p<0.05) indicating effectiveness of this innovative method
关键词：medical; learning; neuroanatomy; teacher-made model; pyramidal motor system
