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Teaching the physiology of the human body in non-formal spaces: pilot experience of a Service-Learning methodology and the interaction between students of different educational levels

Research institutes and universities have strengthened the development of biomedicine outreach activities, constituing a non-formal education system of science literacy, although with little commitment from undergraduate students. However, as a Service-Learning methodology, these outreach activities...

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Autores principales: García-Durán, Laura, Claros, Silvia, Zamorano-González, Pablo, González-García, Marta, Carrillo-Franco, Laura, Ponce-Velasco, Marina, Gago, Belén, García-Fernández, María, López-González, Manuel Víctor, Aiastui, Ana
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10597698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37881694
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1268766
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author García-Durán, Laura
Claros, Silvia
Zamorano-González, Pablo
González-García, Marta
Carrillo-Franco, Laura
Ponce-Velasco, Marina
Gago, Belén
García-Fernández, María
López-González, Manuel Víctor
Aiastui, Ana
author_facet García-Durán, Laura
Claros, Silvia
Zamorano-González, Pablo
González-García, Marta
Carrillo-Franco, Laura
Ponce-Velasco, Marina
Gago, Belén
García-Fernández, María
López-González, Manuel Víctor
Aiastui, Ana
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description Research institutes and universities have strengthened the development of biomedicine outreach activities, constituing a non-formal education system of science literacy, although with little commitment from undergraduate students. However, as a Service-Learning methodology, these outreach activities could work as a tool for the acquisition of skills by students of Health Science Degrees. Described here is the development of the workshop entitled “Exploring the human body” at the Biodonostia Health Research Institute and the pilot experience of its implementation as a Service-Learning activity at the University of Málaga. Firstly, 359 secondary education students were mentored by Ph.D. students through a 5-station workshop with experiments and activities related to the physiology of the human body. Then, 301 undergraduate students of Medicine and Nursing Degrees advised 965 secondary education students. Both groups of students assessed the workshop via questionnaires and a debriefing. The data showed an overall score of 4.6 out of 5 for the workshop. Undergraduate students reported a positive impact on their academic background (4.8 out of 5), mainly due to the improvement of oral communication skills (34%). Therefore, this methodology could be a valid and applicable tool to develop the cross-disciplinary competences of undergraduate students.
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spelling pubmed-105976982023-10-25 Teaching the physiology of the human body in non-formal spaces: pilot experience of a Service-Learning methodology and the interaction between students of different educational levels García-Durán, Laura Claros, Silvia Zamorano-González, Pablo González-García, Marta Carrillo-Franco, Laura Ponce-Velasco, Marina Gago, Belén García-Fernández, María López-González, Manuel Víctor Aiastui, Ana Front Physiol Physiology Research institutes and universities have strengthened the development of biomedicine outreach activities, constituing a non-formal education system of science literacy, although with little commitment from undergraduate students. However, as a Service-Learning methodology, these outreach activities could work as a tool for the acquisition of skills by students of Health Science Degrees. Described here is the development of the workshop entitled “Exploring the human body” at the Biodonostia Health Research Institute and the pilot experience of its implementation as a Service-Learning activity at the University of Málaga. Firstly, 359 secondary education students were mentored by Ph.D. students through a 5-station workshop with experiments and activities related to the physiology of the human body. Then, 301 undergraduate students of Medicine and Nursing Degrees advised 965 secondary education students. Both groups of students assessed the workshop via questionnaires and a debriefing. The data showed an overall score of 4.6 out of 5 for the workshop. Undergraduate students reported a positive impact on their academic background (4.8 out of 5), mainly due to the improvement of oral communication skills (34%). Therefore, this methodology could be a valid and applicable tool to develop the cross-disciplinary competences of undergraduate students. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10597698/ /pubmed/37881694 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1268766 Text en Copyright © 2023 García-Durán, Claros, Zamorano-González, González-García, Carrillo-Franco, Ponce-Velasco, Gago, García-Fernández, López-González and Aiastui. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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García-Durán, Laura
Claros, Silvia
Zamorano-González, Pablo
González-García, Marta
Carrillo-Franco, Laura
Ponce-Velasco, Marina
Gago, Belén
García-Fernández, María
López-González, Manuel Víctor
Aiastui, Ana
Teaching the physiology of the human body in non-formal spaces: pilot experience of a Service-Learning methodology and the interaction between students of different educational levels
title Teaching the physiology of the human body in non-formal spaces: pilot experience of a Service-Learning methodology and the interaction between students of different educational levels
title_full Teaching the physiology of the human body in non-formal spaces: pilot experience of a Service-Learning methodology and the interaction between students of different educational levels
title_fullStr Teaching the physiology of the human body in non-formal spaces: pilot experience of a Service-Learning methodology and the interaction between students of different educational levels
title_full_unstemmed Teaching the physiology of the human body in non-formal spaces: pilot experience of a Service-Learning methodology and the interaction between students of different educational levels
title_short Teaching the physiology of the human body in non-formal spaces: pilot experience of a Service-Learning methodology and the interaction between students of different educational levels
title_sort teaching the physiology of the human body in non-formal spaces: pilot experience of a service-learning methodology and the interaction between students of different educational levels
topic Physiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10597698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37881694
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1268766
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