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"Learning by Doing": a Mixed-Methods Study to Identify Why Body Painting Can Be a Powerful Approach for Teaching Surface Anatomy to Health Science Students.
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- 'Learning by doing', a model for improving the promotion of healthy lifestyles by student nurses.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- Beyond the Classroom: Inspiring Medical and Health Science Students to Learn Surface Anatomy.Medical science educator · 2022Article
- Analysis of Chinese Painting Color Teaching Based on Intelligent Image Color Processing Technology in the Network as a Green Environment.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Teaching human anatomy to produce deeper understandings and knowledge retention in learners requires meaningful, engaging, and practical activities. Previous studies identify that most students who participated in body painting (BP) reported improved understanding of surface anatomy (SA). This study investigates the key factors underpinning Methods: The study involved an explanatory mixed-methods approach. Towards the end of an anatomy course, a survey was administered to three cohorts of first-year chiropractic, osteopathy, and Chinese medicine students and second-year biomedical sciences students over 3 years ( Results: Overall, 72% of student respondents reported BP activities helped them learn SA "quite a bit" or "very much". Multivariate analysis identified students found BP helped them learn SA by "remembering the position of the bones, joints, muscles, actions and insertions" (POR = 5.7; Conclusions: The findings show the majority of students believed BP benefitted their learning of SA through enhancing engagement in self-directed classroom and out-of-hours learning opportunities, deeper understandings of form and function, retention of knowledge, and practical physical examination experiences palpating the variations in form between individuals.
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