Phase-II Students' Evaluations of Anatomy Teaching at Balikesir University Medical School

Aim: This study was conducted in order to evaluate the theoretical and practical courses of the anatomy of Bal？kesir University Faculty of Medicine Phase-II students during the 2017-2018 academic year. Methods: The questionnaire, which was developed by the researchers by conducting the literature search, was formed from 20 questions related to anatomy education, 2 open-ended and 18 closed-ended. A number of 110 (89.4%) of 123 students were participated our study. Collected data were evaluated using SPSS v22 software. Results: Of the 110 students who participated in the study, 58 were male (52.7%), 52 were female (47.3%) and the mean age was 20.63 (minimum: 19, maximum: 24). 85.5% of the students who participated in this study did not fail during their phase, whereas 14.5% of them did. While 16.4% of students did not choose the medical school by their own decisions, 83.4% of them made this decision by their own wishes. Total number of 107 (97.3%) of students thought receiving feedback about anatomy courses was necessary. 75.5% of the students preferred the method of the theoretical exams as multiple choice, while 10.9% oral, 7.3% short answer and 6.4% classical writing. Conclusion: Students’ feedbacks are important to improve the anatomy education. In the direction of the feedback from the students, it is thought that it will make the education of the anatomy more permanent and contribute to the improvement of the good physicians in the future