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Educational impact of a clinical anatomy workshop on 1st-year orthopedic and rheumatology fellows in Mexico City

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We aim to study the educational impact of a clinical anatomy workshop in 1st-year orthopedic and rheumatology fellows. First-year rheumatology fellows (N = 17) and a convenience sample of 1st-year orthopedic fellows (N = 14) from Mexico City in the 9th month of training participated in the study. The pre- and the post- workshop tests included the same 20 questions that had to be answered by identification or demonstration of relevant anatomical items. The questions, arranged by anatomical regions, were asked in five dynamic stations. Overall, the 31 participants showed an increase of correct answers, from a median of 6 (range 1 to 12) in the pre-workshop test, to a median of 14 (range 7 to 19) in the post-workshop test. In the pre-workshop test, the correct median answers were 7 (range 2 to 12) in the orthopedic fellows and 5 (range 1 to 10) in the rheumatology fellows (p = 0.297). Corresponding scores in the post-workshop were 15 (range 10 to 19) and 12 (range 7 to 18) (p = 0.026) showing a significant difference favoring the orthopedic group. Our clinical anatomy workshop was efficacious, in the short term, as a teaching instrument for 1st-year orthopedic and rheumatology fellows. The post-workshop scores, although significantly improved in both groups, particularly in the orthopedic fellows, were still suboptimal. Further refinements of our workshop might yield better results.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the Department of Orthopedics of the ABC Medical Center, Mexico City, Mexico, for the logistical support that allowed us to conduct this research.

We also wish to thank the following program directors of Orthopedics and Rheumatology, Mexico City, Mexico, for encouraging their trainees to participate in our study:

Orthopedics: Dr. Sergio Abush-Torton, Centro Médico ABC; Dr. Diego de La Torre, Hospital Juárez de México; Dra. Dra. Josefina Molina-Méndez, Hospital General de México; Dr. Cesáreo Trueba, Hospital Español

Rheumatology: Dra. Leonor Barile-Fabris, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI del IMSS; Dr. Rolando Espinosa-Morales, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación; Dra. Fedra Irazoque-Palazuelos, Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre del ISSSTE; Dr. Gustavo Lugo, Hospital Juárez de México; Dr. Manuel Martínez-Lavín, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez; and Dra. Marina Rull, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán.

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  1. Jefe de Reumatología, Hospital de Especialidades Antonio Fraga Mouret, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, IMSS, Seris y Zaachila s/n, Col. La Raza, Del., Azcapotzalco, CP 02990, DF, Mexico

    M. A. Saavedra

  2. Reumatólogo, Hospital Ángeles de Tijuana, Tijuana, BC, Mexico

    P. Villaseñor-Ovies

  3. Reumatólogo Hospital General de Tijuana, Secretaría de Salud de Baja California, Tijuana, BC, Mexico

    P. Villaseñor-Ovies

  4. Profesor titular de Reumatologia, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, CISALUD, Valle de las Palmas, BC, Mexico

    P. Villaseñor-Ovies

  5. Ortopedista, Centro Médico ABC, México, DF, Mexico

    L. A. Harfush & J. Camacho-Galindo

  6. Reumatólogo, Hospital General de Chilpancingo Dr. Raymundo Abarca Alarcón, Chilpancingo, Gro, Chilpancingo, Mexico

    J. E. Navarro-Zarza

  7. Reumatólogo, Centro Médico ABC, México DF, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, México, Mexico

    J. J. Canoso

  8. División de Investigación, Hospital de Especialidades Antonio Fraga Mouret, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, IMSS, México, DF, México

    P. Cruz-Domínguez

  9. Reumatolóloga, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, DF, Mexico

    A. Vargas

  10. Reumatóloga, Jefa, Laboratorio de Ultrasonido Musculoesquelético y Articular, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, México, DF, Mexico

    C. Hernández-Díaz

  11. Reumatóloga, Hospital Adolfo López Mateos, ISSSTE, México, DF, Mexico

    K. Chiapas-Gasca

  12. Investigador en Ciencias Médicas, Unidad de Investigación, México, DF, Mexico

    J. Alvarez-Nemegyei

  13. Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

    J. Alvarez-Nemegyei

  14. Rheumatology Department, Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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Saavedra, M.A., Villaseñor-Ovies, P., Harfush, L.A. et al. Educational impact of a clinical anatomy workshop on 1st-year orthopedic and rheumatology fellows in Mexico City. Clin Rheumatol 35, 1299–1306 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-015-3076-x

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