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Effect of Learning Modality on Academic Performance in a Physician Assistant Gross Anatomy Course

Rahawi, Anthony Habib
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4372-7691
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1649086126868323

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2022, Master of Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Applied Anatomy.
This study evaluates whether academic performance differs when physician assistant (PA) students learn gross anatomy using a mixed-reality (MR) program versus cadaveric dissection. First-year PA student volunteers at Case Western Reserve University enrolled in an anatomy course were divided into two cohorts. During a given unit, each cohort spent laboratory sessions learning through either dissection or MR. At the end of each unit, participants were given a laboratory practical exam on each modality. Differences in exam scores were compared between modalities within the same cohort and between cohorts on the same modality. While students who performed cadaveric dissection within a given unit had less difference between lab exam scores, positive Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r>0.80) and Spearman’s rho (rs=0.78) indicate that individual students perform equivalently across both exams. Additionally, no difference was found between cohorts on lecture exams (p>0.05), suggesting that MR holds value in a PA gross anatomy curriculum.
Susanne Wish-Baratz (Committee Chair)
Andrew Crofton (Committee Member)
Scott Simpson (Committee Member)
43 p.
Anatomy and Physiology; Education; Educational Software; Educational Technology; Health Education; Health Sciences; Higher Education; Medicine; Science Education
Anatomy; Education; Educational Research; Anatomical Education; Anatomical Education Research; Health Education; Health Sciences; Health Educational Research; Physician Assistant; Physician Assistants; Physician Assistant Students; Physician Assistant Education; Physician Associate; Physician Associates; Physician Associate Students; PA; PA-S

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  • Rahawi, A. H. (2022). Effect of Learning Modality on Academic Performance in a Physician Assistant Gross Anatomy Course [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1649086126868323

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rahawi, Anthony. Effect of Learning Modality on Academic Performance in a Physician Assistant Gross Anatomy Course. 2022. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1649086126868323.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rahawi, Anthony. "Effect of Learning Modality on Academic Performance in a Physician Assistant Gross Anatomy Course." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1649086126868323

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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