Awareness of Universal Design for Learning among anatomy educators in higher level institutions in the Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom

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dc.contributor.authorDempsey, Audrey M. K.en
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Eithneen
dc.contributor.authorLone, Mutahiraen
dc.contributor.authorNolan, Yvonne M.en
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research eLibraryen
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-21T12:00:50Z
dc.date.available2024-03-21T12:00:50Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-07en
dc.description.abstractThere is an increasing need to facilitate enhanced student engagement in anatomy education. Higher education students differ in academic preferences and abilities and so, not all teaching strategies suit all students. Therefore, it is suggested that curricula design and delivery adapt to sustain learner engagement. Enhanced learner engagement is a fundamental feature of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The aim of this study is to determine if anatomy educators in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and United Kingdom (UK) are aware of UDL and to assess if, and to what extent, it has been implemented in the design and delivery of anatomy curricula for healthcare students. An anonymous online questionnaire was administered to anatomy educators in higher level institutions in the ROI and UK. Inductive content analysis was used to identify the impact of UDL on student learning, engagement, and motivation, as perceived by the participants. The response rate was 23% (n = 61). Nineteen participants stated they knew of UDL. Of these, 15 had utilized UDL in their teaching of anatomy. Analysis indicated that the perception of UDL was mixed. However, the majority of responses relating to UDL were positive. The majority of the respondents were unaware of UDL but identified the frameworks' checkpoints within their curriculum, suggesting they have unknowingly incorporated elements of UDL in their curriculum design and delivery. There is a lack of information on the benefits of explicit utilization of UDL for engagement and motivation to learn anatomy in healthcare programs in the ROI and UK.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Research eLibrary (open access funding)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationDempsey, A.M.K., Hunt, E., Lone, M. and Nolan, Y.M. (2023) ‘Awareness of Universal Design for Learning among anatomy educators in higher level institutions in the Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom’, Clinical Anatomy, 36(1), pp. 137–150. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23947en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23947en
dc.identifier.endpage150en
dc.identifier.issn0897-3806en
dc.identifier.issn1098-2353en
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleClinical Anatomyen
dc.identifier.startpage137en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/15687
dc.identifier.volume36en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWileyen
dc.relation.ispartofClinical Anatomyen
dc.rights© 2022 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectAnatomyen
dc.subjectCurriculum designen
dc.subjectUniversal design for learningen
dc.titleAwareness of Universal Design for Learning among anatomy educators in higher level institutions in the Republic of Ireland and United Kingdomen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
oaire.citation.issue1en
oaire.citation.volume36en
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