Anatomy education for medical students in a virtual reality workspace: A pilot study.
Clin Anat
; 35(1): 40-44, 2022 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1391555
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a challenge for many medical schools, as they have had to adjust their curricula into an online format. This was particularly problematic for anatomy courses as in person dissections have historically been preferred for providing students with a three-dimensional learning environment. In this study, we aim to share our experience with conducting anatomy lectures for medical student using a virtual reality (VR) workspace. Additionally, we discuss the advantages of using VR and expand on how it may be used to improve students' understanding of anatomy in comparison to various other online lecture formats. To do this, we utilized a post-lecture survey to gain feedback from the medical students that participated in a VR anatomy workspace. We found that many of our participants expressed that having access to their course material from anywhere and anytime via a virtual space, and being able to manipulate anatomical structures by moving and modifying them provided the student with a strong advantage. Although there are still limitations, we hope that our experience will assist other anatomy teachers with improving their lecture methods, especially during the pandemic.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Students, Medical
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Virtual Reality
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COVID-19
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Anatomy
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Anat
Journal subject:
Anatomy
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ca.23783
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