STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING/LEARNING HUMAN ANATOMY AT THE FACULTY OF PHARMACY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LISBON

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Aim. To present the strategies used at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, for Human Anatomy teaching/learning to the ~250 students admitted/year in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Integrated Master. Material and Methods. The course, with 5 ECTS, is organized in theoretical (2 h/week), practical (1.5 h/week) and tutorial (1 h/week) classes. The theoretical concepts about the body systems are provided in teacher-centered, expositive, theoretical classes. In contrast, the practical classes are students-centered aiming at the consolidation of the concepts through oral presentations by students. These classes also promote team work and the ability to search, select and organize information, thus favoring the development of soft skills besides specific competences in Anatomy. To promote the continuous knowledge acquisition and guarantee a reliable and fair assessment, students perform individual written tests. The performance of the students along the oral presentations and the tests is translated into a practical classification. There is a final examination with 75 multiple-choice questions. The curricular unit global mark results from the practical evaluation (30%) and the final examination (70%). Results and Discussion. course assessment relies in questionnaires anonymous fulfilled by students, which showed a high level of satisfaction with the teaching/learning approaches. They also showed the students’ recognition of the importance of the continuous and integrated work for the consolidation of the concepts, as well as the importance of the knowledge acquired in the course of Human Anatomy for the graduation in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Conclusions. the teaching activities relying in the use of modern educational techniques contributed to the successful learning of Human Anatomy.