Augmented reality for teaching anatomy.
Clin Anat
; 35(6): 824-827, 2022 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1877563
ABSTRACT
Successive waves of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic lockdowns resulted in significant reduction in face-to-face teaching, with an adverse effect especially on sectors requiring direct skill acquisition. Despite the fact that augmented reality (AR) presents an equitable, cost-effective solution which reduces crowding in the confined spaces of the dissection theater, the benefits of AR-supported undergraduate medical education have been poorly investigated. We conducted a validated survey to explore the value of AR in the dissection theater and assess its impact from the learner's perspective. Further to a validated pilot (n = 30), a larger scale study (n = 130) was conducted to assess the introduction of AR across three different learning domains retaining anatomy detail, perception of spatial anatomical relations, and speed of learning. A response rate of 85.4% was reported. Our results suggest that the use of AR technology leads to a significant enhancement of spatial relations, faster detailed material assimilation and assistance in understanding of key concepts. In addition, most participants opt to recommend AR as a valuable tool in the learning process. In view of the proposed added value of AR technology in various teaching aspects, we recommend that AR should be introduced as a standard practice in both pre- and postgraduate medical curricula and suggest further research regarding the use of this technology.
Keywords
Full text:
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
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Augmented Reality
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COVID-19
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Anatomy
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Anat
Journal subject:
Anatomy
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ca.23920
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