Effectiveness of a Computer-aided Neuroanatomy Program for Entry-level Physical Therapy Students: Anatomy and Clinical Examination of the Dorsal Column- Medial Lemniscal System.

The purpose of this study was to determine if a computer- aided instruction learning module improves students' knowledge of the neuroanatomy/physiology and clinical examination of the dorsal column-medial lemniscal (DCML) system. Sixty-one physical therapy (PT) students enrolled in a clinical neurol...

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Publicado en:Journal of Allied Health Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 156 - 165
Autores principales: McKeough, Michael, Mattern-Baxter, Katrin, Barakatt, Edward
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) Fall2010 Part 1 of 2
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        atl: Effectiveness of a Computer-aided Neuroanatomy Program for Entry-level Physical Therapy Students: Anatomy and Clinical Examination of the Dorsal Column- Medial Lemniscal System.
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          McKeough, Michael
          Mattern-Baxter, Katrin
          Barakatt, Edward
        affil: Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, California State University, Sacramento
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          Computer-Assisted Instruction
          Education, Physical Therapy
          Neuroanatomy Education
          Student Knowledge Evaluation
          Spinal Nerve Roots
          Human
          Students, Physical Therapy California
          Educational Measurement
          One-Way Analysis of Variance
          Kruskal-Wallis Test
          Mann-Whitney U Test
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Comparative Studies
          California
      ab: The purpose of this study was to determine if a computer- aided instruction learning module improves students' knowledge of the neuroanatomy/physiology and clinical examination of the dorsal column-medial lemniscal (DCML) system. Sixty-one physical therapy (PT) students enrolled in a clinical neurology course in entry-level PT educational programs at two universities participated in the study. Students from University-1 (Ul) had not had a previous neuroanatomy course, while students from University-2 (U2) had taken a neuroanatomy course in the previous semester. Before and after working with the learning module, students took a paper-and-pencil test on the neuroanatomy/physiology and clinical examination of the DCML system. Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA and Mann-Whitney tests were used to determine if differences existed between neuroanatomy/physiology examination scores and clinical examination scores before and after taking the learning module, and between student groups based on university attended. For students from Ul, neuroanatomy/physiology post-test scores improved significantly over pre-test scores (ρ < 0.001), while post-test scores of students from U2 did not (ρ = 0.60). Neuroanatomy/ physiology pre-test scores from U2 were significantly better than those from Ul (ρ < 0.001); there was no significant difference in post-test scores (ρ = 0.062). Clinical examination pre-test and post-test scores from U2 were significantly better than those from Ul (ρ < 0.001). Clinical examination post-test scores improved significantly from the pre-test scores for both Ul (ρ < 0.001) and U2 (ρ < 0.001). J Allied Health 2010; 39(3 pt 1):156-164.
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