A Delphi Consensus Study to Identify Anatomy Component of the Urogenital System for Teaching Medical Students

Abstract

Background: Anatomy is an important basic science in medical education. Changes to the modern medical curriculum have an effect on reducing anatomy learning time which is not balanced with the number of anatomical materials that medical students must learn. In addition, there is a need for anatomical materials focused on the most relevant topics in clinical practice. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the core anatomical materials of the urogenital system for medical students as part of the development of medical curriculum in Indonesia. Summary of work: This qualitative study ued the two-round Delphi method. The subjects were general practitioners in Indonesia who were selected by purposive sampling according to the inclusion criteria that had been established. The first-round questionnaire was filled by giving important or not important value to the existing anatomical materials. The panel could add new materials in the first-round. The results of the first-round questionnaire were processed into the second-round, that then were rated with a range of 1-4 according to the importance level by the panel. The consensus