Year: 2026 | Month: April | Volume: 16 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 200-206
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20260424
‘Have Your Expectations Met?’ - Students’ Perceptions on Anatomy ‘Elective Sessions’
Rounak Roy1, Hironmoy Roy2, Ananya Biswas3
1Post graduate student, Department of Anatomy, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata
2Professor, Department of Anatomy, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata
3Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata
Corresponding Author: Dr. Hironmoy Roy
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Since 2019 entrant batches, one 15 days ‘elective’ posting session in different parallel modules gets carried out in the Department of Anatomy after each entrant batch completes their 3rd professional MBBS part 1 examination. But, never any feedback from the students has been gathered on whether these sessions meet their expectations or not. So this study was conducted to explore feedback from the participant students on the ‘elective sessions’ in anatomy in a medical college of West Bengal.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out in the Department of Anatomy amongst the 30 current-year ‘elective’ batch students, with the help of a pre-validated semi-structured questionnaire. On the last day of the session, participants’ responses were gathered, and data was analyzed with SPSS version 16 software.
Result Analysis: Participants were the students who just finished their anatomy elective sessions. They were avg. 22+/- 0.46 age group. Two-thirds were male. On average, more than 98% of students put up their favorable perceptions towards the planning of the sessions. 96% of participants described the scope of hands-on training as satisfactory. Students perceived that the faculty were well prepared for the sessions. 90% of students agreed with the pattern of assessment done during the session. From the thematic analysis of the open-ended question from the students regarding the contact session classes on electives, it was found that students desired the incorporation of a digital learning platform so that on-site lecture sessions more integrated sessions can be added on-line and the on-site sessions can be totally used up for the hands-on practical class.
Discussion: This study for the first time dealt with the perception of students attending electives, which also enlightened recommendations and corrective measures in future days.
Key words: Anatomy Education Teaching Curriculum Outcome Model, Feedback, Competency Based Medical Education, Block 1 elective, Self-directed learning