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ArticleBMC medical education2025

Changes in the types of anatomy questions asked in the medical specialization exam over the years, Türkiye example.

Tayfun Aygün, Arif Keskin, Nurullah Yücel

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Tayfun AygünDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Giresun University, Giresun, Türkiye. tayfun.aygun@giresun.edu.tr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-3513
Arif KeskinDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Giresun University, Giresun, Türkiye.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1634-1091
Nurullah YücelDepartment of Anatomy, Hamidiye İnternational Faculty of Medicine Health Science University, Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2689-4287

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It is very important to try to learn Anatomy within its unique methodology and develop personalized strategies. One of the most important goals of a practitioner who graduates from medical school is to become a specialist physician. For this purpose, different specialization exams are held in different countries. Questions from the Anatomy course have a very important weight in the Medical Specialization Examination (TUS) held in Türkiye. In this article, we evaluate the specialty exam according to current anatomy education literature by revealing the question styles from an anatomist's perspective in order to learn anatomy more efficiently and develop strategies for tricky points. We analyzed 396 valid Anatomy questions asked in TUS between 2006 and 2021. Among all the questions; According to the systematic anatomy classification, neuroanatomy (35.1%, n = 139) and according to the topographic anatomy classification, head and neck anatomy (41.4%, n = 164) were the subjects where the most frequently asked questions. In recent years, it has become an important trend that clinical anatomy knowledge (p < 0.01) is at the forefront in all exams and that questions with eponyms and visual content (p = 0.044) are included in the exam. We accept that the Anatomy question styles in TUS are created with a method that is up-to-date and in accordance with the literature and requirements.

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AnatomyEducational MeasurementSpecializationHumansAnatomyAnatomy eductionComperative clinical anatomyEponymsMedical specialization examTopographic anatomy

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