Can virtual reality improve anatomy education? A randomised controlled study of a computer-generated three-dimensional anatomical ear model

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1081-1087

  Nicholson, Daren T ^a   Chalk, Colin ^b   Funnell, W Robert J ^b   Daniel, Sam J ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

*Education, medical; *Models, anatomic; Anatomy *education; Quebec; Randomized controlled trial publication type ; Teaching materials; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CADAVER; CANADA; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANATOMY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EAR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; QUEBEC; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 33750194429     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02611.x     Document Type: Article

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