Proper Application of Cyber Lecture on Neuroanatomy for Medical Students / 체질인류학회지

Recent development of cyber lecture system has greatly influenced on the medical education especially on anatomy related subjects. Furthermore, the technology associated to the cyber lecture system is now widely used as the evaluation tool for the medical students. The purposes of this study are to evaluate the opinions of students according to the types of cyber lectures which were applied to a basic medical subject (neuroanatomy) and to suggest practical services and applications available for the medical students. In this study, we adopted several teaching strategies such as online lecture system and web assisted instruction to the neuroanatomy class. Medical students of Dankook universitiy were classified into three groups (online lecture group, web assisted instruction group, and cyber lecture non-experienced group) and asked to complete anonymous survey in private. The majority of students had already experienced web-based leaning at least once. The degree of student satisfaction at the cyber lecture contents were relatively high in both online lecture group and web assisted instruction group. Students in all groups slightly preferred classical lecture room lecture but also seem to be familiar to the cyber lecture. Students from all groups suggested parallel progress with lecture room lecture as the proper application of cyber lecture. Growing demands of cyber lectures based on network technology is likely to make new paradigm of medical education in the near future. Practically, application of cyber lecture system to the lab course of sectional neuroanatomy and also to the preparation for the wide scoped examination might be suggested at this time.

Application of Cyber Lecture on Histology and Neuroanatomy for Medical Students and Its Effect Analysis / 체질인류학회지

Growing educational demands for the basic medical subjects due to rapidly expanding importance of basic medical sciences including anatomy and increasing amount of medical knowledges have brought up the need to use new methods in learning. However, the number of professors in basic medicine didn't change within the last decades. Recent development of information and communication technologies has greatly influenced on the education and exchange of information. Furthermore, this technology is now widely used in the education and evaluation of medical students. The purposes of this study are to describe practical services available on network system (cyber lecture), and to evaluate the efficacy of this system in the field of basic medical subjects including neuroanatomy and histology. In this study, we adopted several teaching strategies of newly developed cyber teaching, face-to-face teaching, and practice. Medical students of Kang-Won national and Dankook universities were participated and asked to complete an anonymous survey in private. The majority of students had already experienced web-based leaning at least once and preferred this lecture system to be expanded hereafter. Some students suggested intimate integration of photomicrographs shown in cyber-lectures to the histology lab for the maximization of educational effect. Results in this study show that this kind of lecture system is useful in teaching basic medical subjects, but cannot replace totally a teacher's share in the learning process. Feedback from the medical students shows that this education is widely used and needed. Cyber lecture system based on network technology is likely to play important roles in many aspects of medical fields and expected to make new paradigm of medical education in the near future.