Public’s Poor Knowledge of Anatomy May Hamper Healthcare
Middle-aged non-graduates scored better than young graduates in an anatomical quiz given to the public by researchers from Lancaster Medical School (LMS).
Dr Adam Taylor who is Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre at LMS said: “Whilst many of the public do not have or need formal anatomical knowledge, it is beneficial in monitoring and explaining their own health.”
This is a vintage chart of the human body.
Credit: Lancaster University
These terms were chosen based on mentions in everyday life such as keeping fit, sports injuries, TV shows and online searches for abdominal pain.
The only organ which 100% of people answered correctly was the brain.
The biceps muscle and the cornea were the next most correctly answered structures.
The organs which the public knew least about were the adrenal glands which less than 15% of people could identify and many thought mistakenly were in the neck.
Men scored higher than women in identifying muscles but not internal organs.
- Graduates did not score better than non-graduates
- Older people scored higher than young people, peaking in the 40-49 age group which may be because this is when people begin visiting the doctor more often
- People working in any health-related job scored significantly higher than people in other jobs.
- People who had visited a healthcare professional prior to the quiz fared no better than those who had not.
Dr Taylor said the quiz revealed the public’s eagerness to learn anatomy despite their limited knowledge of the human body.
Gillian Whitworth
Citation: What do the public know about anatomy? Anatomy education to the public and the implications Authors Adam M. Taylor, Peter Diggle, Quenton Wessels http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ase.1746
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