The Future of Education

The basic medical subjects are essential for the understanding of the major in the department of health science and are very important. Anatomy is one of the fundamental areas of medical education. On the other hand, the application of new teaching method is being attempted in various fields. Station rotation model, one of the blended learning, is also one of the popular teaching method. Station rotation model allows students to rotate through stations on a fixed schedule, where at least one of the stations is an online learning station. In this study, I investigate the satisfaction of students when applying station rotation model to anatomy class. Each station in the station rotation model consisted of VR application learning, online problem solving, model observation and oral test. After applying station rotation model (2 weeks) to the 'Functional anatomy and Practice' course taken by 37 students of the ‘Department of Occupational Therapy’ at H University, this study conducted a satisfaction survey compare with lecture class for students taking the course. At the result, station rotation model was significantly higher than lecture class in both understanding (3.81±0.95 vs 3.24±0.97 /5 points), interest (4.38±0.78 vs 2.81±0.98 /5 points), concentration (3.97±1.00 vs 2.95±0.98 /5 points) and diversity (4.62±0.54 vs 2.73±0.72 /5 points) degree. Based on these results, I suggest applying the station rotation model to the anatomy class because it also showed high satisfaction in that.

Keywords: Station Rotation model, Anatomy, Blended learning;

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