An integrated teaching method of gross anatomy and computed tomography radiology |
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| Authors: | Tohru Murakami Yuki Tajika Hitoshi Ueno Sachiko Awata Satoshi Hirasawa Maki Sugimoto Yoshihiko Kominato Yoshito Tsushima Keigo Endo Hiroshi Yorifuji |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Anatomy, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan;2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan;3. Department of Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan;4. Division of Gastroenterology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan;5. Department of Legal Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan;6. Kyoto College of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan |
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| Abstract: | It is essential for medical students to learn and comprehend human anatomy in three dimensions (3D). With this in mind, a new system was designed in order to integrate anatomical dissections with diagnostic computed tomography (CT) radiology. Cadavers were scanned by CT scanners, and students then consulted the postmortem CT images during cadaver dissection to gain a better understanding of 3D human anatomy and diagnostic radiology. Students used handheld digital imaging and communications in medicine viewers at the bench‐side (OsiriX on iPod touch or iPad), which enabled “pixel‐to‐tissue” direct comparisons of CT images and cadavers. Students had lectures and workshops on diagnostic radiology, and they completed study assignments where they discussed findings in the anatomy laboratory compared with CT radiology findings. This teaching method for gross and radiological anatomy was used beginning in 2009, and it yielded strongly positive student perspectives and significant improvements in radiology skills in later clinical courses. Anat Sci Educ 7: 438–449. © 2014 American Association of Anatomists. |
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| Keywords: | gross anatomy education medical education radiology education digital media imaging techniques CT DICOM dissection iOS iPod touch iPad OsiriX |
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