| Effectiveness of a computer-aided neuroanatomy program for entry-level physical therapy students: anatomy and clinical examination of the dorsal column-medial lemniscal system. | |
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PMID: 21174020 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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The purpose of this study was to determine if a computer-aided instruction learning module improves students' knowledge of the neuroanatomy/physiology and clinical examination of the dorsal column-medial lemniscal (DCML) system. Sixty-one physical therapy students enrolled in a clinical neurology course in entry-level PT educational programs at two universities participated in the study. Students from University-1 (U1;) had not had a previous neuroanatomy course, while students from University-2 (U2;) had taken a neuroanatomy course in the previous semester. Before and after working with the learning module, students took a paper-and-pencil test on the neuroanatomy/physiology and clinical examination of the DCML system. Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA and Mann-Whitney tests were used to determine if differences existed between neuroanatomy/physiology examination scores and clinical examination scores before and after taking the learning module, and between student groups based on university attended. For students from U1, neuroanatomy/physiology post-test scores improved significantly over pre-test scores (p < 0.001), while post-test scores of students from U2 did not (p = 0.60). Neuroanatomy/physiology pre-test scores from U2 were significantly better than those from U1 (p < 0.001); there was no significant difference in post-test scores (p = 0.062). Clinical examination pre-test and post-test scores from U2 were significantly better than those from U1 (p < 0.001). Clinical examination post-test scores improved significantly from the pre-test scores for both U1 (p < 0.001) and U2 (p < 0.001). |
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D Michael McKeough; Katrin Mattern-Baxter; Edward Barakatt |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of allied health Volume: 39 ISSN: 1945-404X ISO Abbreviation: J Allied Health Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2010-12-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0361603 Medline TA: J Allied Health Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 156-64 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Physical Therapy, California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J St, Solano Hall 4030, Sacramento, CA 95819-6020, USA. mmckeough@csus.edu |
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