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ArticleAnatomy & cell biology2019

Effects of targeted remediation in anatomy for first year medical students.

Nachiket Shankar, Yogitha Ravindranath, Roopa Ravindranath, Henal Shah

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Article in Anatomy & cell biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Nachiket ShankarDepartment of Anatomy, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India.
Yogitha RavindranathDepartment of Anatomy, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India.
Roopa RavindranathDepartment of Anatomy, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India.
Henal ShahDepartment of Psychiatry, Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a questionnaire to guide targeted remediation among undergraduate medical students in anatomy. Seventy-five students from a medical college in South India who failed in the first internal theory examination were administered a validated 35-item questionnaire. The total and domain specific questionnaire scores were calculated. Specific weekly interventions for each student based on the questionnaire scores were conducted by appointed academic mentors for three months prior to the second internal examination. The dependent variable was performance in the second internal examination. The students were re-administered the questionnaire after the second internal examination. The independent variables were the marks obtained in the first internal examination, domain specific and total questionnaire scores, sex, and regularity of the student in attending the remedial sessions. Inferential statistical tests used were the chi-square test, independent sample

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PMCPMC6449589

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