Abstract
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation (PTR) undergraduate degree departments and Vocational School of Health Services (VSHS) associate degree departments train healthcare professionals, which is important for both continuance of human health and treatment of various illnesses. Anatomic structures underlie the illnesses that these departments treat and care.Therefore, the graduates of these departments should have favorable knowledge of anatomy. The aim of this study is to evaluate and compare the self-efficacy belief levels about anatomy education of PTR students as undergraduate and VSHS students as associate degree.94 students from PTR department (age: 21.94±1.19) and 100 students from VSHS (age: 20.16±1.58) have participated in the study. Data collection questionnaire (gender, age, geographical region where he/she came from, residential place) and Anatomy Self-Efficacy Belief scale (ASEB) have been implemented on the participants.As a consequence, when the Anatomy Self-Efficacy Belief levels of undergraduate and associate degree students are compared, no significant difference has been found in total (p>0,05). However, when the answers given to the questions in self-efficacy belief level test are compared separately, a significant difference has been found in 4 questions (p<0,05). The reason for this is that the students of PTR department have more hours of anatomy lesson per week compared to the students of VSHS.As ASEB gets better, profession is done better in view of anatomy. This will help the graduates of both departments do their profession better and be more helpful to their patients.
Highlights
Anatomy is one of the most basic lessons of the departments that give education in the field of health sciences
As a consequence, when the Anatomy Self-Efficacy Belief levels of undergraduate and associate degree students are compared, no significant difference has been found in total (p>0,05)
The information on the data questionnaire that has been adapted to the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation (PTR) and Vocational School of Health Services (VSHS) students has been evaluated
Summary
Anatomy is one of the most basic lessons of the departments that give education in the field of health sciences. The aim of the study is to evaluate and compare the effect of the difference in the number of lesson hours on the students’ Anatomy education Self-Efficacy Beliefs (ASEB). The fact that how well an individual performs the actions necessary for solving the problems that he encountered in any stage of the education shows the level of individual’s self-efficacy on that subject. This shows that the level of individual’s self-efficacy is the ability to perform an action and to success in it (Tasdemir et al, 2015; Colak, 2013). The purpose of getting the Self-Efficacy Belief Levels of students for anatomy education is to pay attention to the thoughts of students on this subject and to make the students evaluate the education
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