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Student’s and Lecturer’s Perception Related to the Use of Latin Terms in Anatomy during COVID Pandemic: A Pre-Eliminary Study Conducted in a Christian Based Private Medical School

Silphia Novelyn, Frisca Angreni, Lusia Sri Sunarti, Ekarini Daroedono, Forman Erwin Siagian, Prahastya Putra

Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports · pp. 14–21 · Published 27 Dec 2021

10.9734/ajarr/2021/v15i1230439

Abstract

Aims: to evaluate Student’s and Lecturer’s Perception Related to the use of Latin Terms in Anatomy. Study Design: Cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Kristen Indonesia, Jakarta-Indonesia, May-September 2021. Methodology: Using electronic questionaire based study which distributed to students and lecturers by using popular social media named Whatsapp™ Results: 708 students and 49 lecturers responded our survey. most of our student respondents found it difficult to learn Latin terms due to language limitation, most of our students need Latin for medical terms to be taught in other medical courses more specifically and the majority of lecturers emphasize that a good understanding of nomenclature or medical terms in Latin will support them in studying topics in other medical field. Conclusion: Teaching Anatomy and its Latin terms is difficult and challenging but also there is opportunity to modify it using thematic virtual anatomy or any other digital platform

Terminology structural thematic typologies terms and expressions paradigm shift virtual anatomy

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