BACKGROUND Although neuroanatomy is considered an essential requirement in medical curriculum, its teaching has undergone many changes in recent years, with most medical schools starting to implement an integrated approach. The current paper describes the comparative evaluation of the neuroanatomy knowledge scores of medical students who attended two different pedagogic approaches of neuroanatomy in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. METHODS Forty fourth-year medical students who attended a traditional stand-alone approach and 42 third-year medical students who attended an integrated approach completed a written test of knowledge. RESULTS Although there were some significant differences, the results globally revealed no statistically significant difference between the neuroanatomy knowledge scores of the integrated and traditional education groups, with most students obtaining a passing score in both curricula. CONCLUSIONS Our study is the first attempt to compare the knowledge acquired by medical students from two different pedagogical approaches to neuroanatomy. Although the integrated curricula were only implemented in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto a few years ago, the students who attended these curricula obtained similar scores as those obtained by the students of the traditional curriculum. This finding suggests that an integrated curriculum can be, in light of curricular reform, an efficient approach to teaching neuroanatomy to medical students.

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课程变化：对医学生神经解剖学知识的影响。

背景技术尽管神经解剖学被认为是医学课程中的必不可少的要求，但近年来，其教学已发生了许多变化，大多数医学院校开始采用集成方法。本文描述了参加波尔图大学医学院的两种神经解剖学教学方法的医学生神经解剖学知识得分的比较评估。方法40名采用传统独立方法的四年级医学生和42名采用综合方法的三年级医学生均完成了笔试。结果尽管有一些显着差异，全球的结果表明，综合和传统教育组的神经解剖学知识得分之间没有统计学上的显着差异，大多数学生在两个课程中都获得及格分数。结论我们的研究是对医学生从两种不同的神经解剖学教学方法中获得的知识进行比较的首次尝试。尽管综合课程仅在几年前才在波尔图大学的医学院中实施，但参加这些课程的学生获得的分数与传统课程的学生相近。这一发现表明，根据课程改革，综合课程可以成为向医学生教授神经解剖学的有效方法。大多数学生在这两个课程中都获得及格分数。结论我们的研究是对医学生从两种不同的神经解剖学教学方法中获得的知识进行比较的首次尝试。尽管综合课程仅在几年前在波尔图大学的医学院中实施，但参加这些课程的学生获得的分数与传统课程的学生相近。这一发现表明，根据课程改革，综合课程可以成为向医学生教授神经解剖学的有效方法。大多数学生在这两个课程中都获得及格分数。结论我们的研究是对医学生从两种不同的神经解剖学教学方法中获得的知识进行比较的首次尝试。尽管综合课程仅在几年前在波尔图大学的医学院中实施，但参加这些课程的学生获得的分数与传统课程的学生相近。这一发现表明，根据课程改革，综合课程可以成为向医学生教授神经解剖学的有效方法。尽管综合课程仅在几年前在波尔图大学的医学院中实施，但参加这些课程的学生获得的分数与传统课程的学生相近。这一发现表明，根据课程改革，综合课程可以成为向医学生教授神经解剖学的有效方法。尽管综合课程仅在几年前在波尔图大学的医学院中实施，但参加这些课程的学生获得的分数与传统课程的学生相近。这一发现表明，根据课程改革，综合课程可以成为向医学生教授神经解剖学的有效方法。