Universal design for learning in anatomy education of healthcare students: A scoping review

Dempsey, Audrey M. K.; Lone, Mutahira; Nolan, Yvonne M.; Hunt, Eithne

Universal design for learning in anatomy education of healthcare students: A scoping review

dc.contributor.author	Dempsey, Audrey M. K.
dc.contributor.author	Lone, Mutahira
dc.contributor.author	Nolan, Yvonne M.
dc.contributor.author	Hunt, Eithne
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-25T15:06:41Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-25T15:06:41Z
dc.date.issued	2021-12-04
dc.date.updated	2022-03-25T14:50:10Z
dc.description.abstract	There are concerns among healthcare practitioners about poor anatomical knowledge among recent healthcare graduates. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework developed to enhance students' experience of learning and help students to become motivated learners. This scoping review identified whether UDL has been utilized in third level healthcare education and if so, whether it had been used to enhance student motivation to study anatomy. Seven online databases were searched for studies reporting the use of UDL in the curricula of medical, dental, occupational therapy (OT) or speech and language therapy (SLT) programs. Studies were screened for eligibility with set inclusion criteria. Data were extracted and analyzed. Analysis revealed that UDL was not specifically mentioned in any of the studies thus there are no published studies on UDL being formally applied in healthcare education. However, the authors identified 33 publications that described teaching methods which aligned with UDL in anatomy curricula and a thematic analysis yielded four main themes relating to teaching strategies being employed. Universal design for learning was not mentioned specifically, indicating that educators may not be aware of the educational framework, although they appeared to be utilizing aspects of it in their teaching. The review revealed that there is a lack of research concerning the anatomy education of OT and SLT students. The role of UDL in enhancing motivation to learn anatomy in medical, dental, OT and SLT programs has yet to be explored.	en
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Accepted Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	Dempsey, A.M.K., Lone, M., Nolan, Y.M. and Hunt, E. (2023) ‘Universal design for learning in anatomy education of healthcare students: A scoping review’, Anatomical Sciences Education, 16(1), pp. 10–26. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2160.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1002/ase.2160	en
dc.identifier.eissn	1935-9780
dc.identifier.issn	1935-9772
dc.identifier.journaltitle	Anatomical Sciences Education	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/12992
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	en
dc.rights	© 2021, American Association for Anatomy. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This is the peer reviewed version of the following item: Dempsey, A. M. K., Lone, M., Nolan, Y. M. and Hunt, E. (2021) 'Universal design for learning in anatomy education of healthcare students: A scoping review', Anatomical Sciences Education, doi: 10.1002/ase.2160, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2160. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.	en
dc.subject	Health professions education	en
dc.subject	Gross anatomy education	en
dc.subject	Healthcare education	en
dc.subject	Motivation	en
dc.subject	Occupational therapy education	en
dc.subject	Scoping review	en
dc.subject	Speech and language therapy education	en
dc.subject	Universal design for learning	en
dc.title	Universal design for learning in anatomy education of healthcare students: A scoping review	en
dc.type	Article (peer-reviewed)	en