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Anatomical Society Core Regional Anatomy Syllabus for Undergraduate Medicine, The Delphi Process Revision v3.pdf (474.47 kB)

Anatomical Society core regional anatomy syllabus for undergraduate medicine: the Delphi process

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posted on 2023-06-09, 03:09 authored by Claire SmithClaire Smith, G M Finn, J Stewart, S McHanwell
A modified Delphi method was employed to seek consensus when revising the UK and Ireland's core syllabus for regional anatomy in undergraduate medicine. A Delphi panel was constructed involving ‘expert’ (individuals with at least 5 years’ experience in teaching medical students anatomy at the level required for graduation). The panel (n = 39) was selected and nominated by members of Council and/or the Education Committee of the Anatomical Society and included a range of specialists including surgeons, radiologists and anatomists. The experts were asked in two stages to ‘accept’, ‘reject’ or ‘modify’ (first stage only) each learning outcome. A third stage, which was not part of the Delphi method, then allowed the original authors of the syllabus to make changes either to correct any anatomical errors or to make minor syntax changes. From the original syllabus of 182 learning outcomes, removing the neuroanatomy component (163), 23 learning outcomes (15%) remained unchanged, seven learning outcomes were removed and two new learning outcomes added. The remaining 133 learning outcomes were modified. All learning outcomes on the new core syllabus achieved over 90% acceptance by the panel.

History

Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Journal

Journal of Anatomy

ISSN

0021-8782

Publisher

Wiley

Issue

1

Volume

228

Page range

2-14

Department affiliated with

  • Division of Medical Education Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-10-20

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-01-01

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-10-19