Project “Histology without Artifact” contributes effectively to the meaningful student learning

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Histology is the study of cells and biological tissues. Despite its fundamental importance, histology remains a difficult field to understand for a considerable number of students and, consequently, the learning of other related sciences is also impaired.

Objective:

The aim of this study was to develop histology teaching materials, use them as to facilitate the teaching-learning process and evaluate the opinion of Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina students about the developed tools.

Method:

The educational materials prepared were: handout, image Bank, clinical case bank and mind map bank. Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 was used to prepare these materials, with the exception of the Mind Map Bank, which was created using the mind mapping application “MindMeisteir”. The materials were distributed among the students, who through an anonymous, Likert format dialogue assessed how well the materials contributed to learning in histology. Data were compiled into tables using Microsoft Excel 2019 and analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Result:

The materials introduced by the project were mostly evaluated as “good”. Most materials were used with a frequency of “almost always” or “always”. The tendency of most volunteers was to completely agree, for all documents evaluated, that there was a positive impact of the material on the understanding of histology.

Conclusion:

The development of materials through the “Histology without Artifact” project helped build students’ knowledge in the field of histology.

Keywords:
Histology; Teaching materials; Medical education