Coupled physical and digital cadaver dissection followed by a visual test protocol provides insights into the nature of anatomical knowledge and its evaluation

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-40

  Hisley, Kenneth C ^a,b   Anderson, Larry D ^b   Smith, Stacy E ^b   Kavic, Stephen M ^b   Tracy, J Kathleen ^b  

^a Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical dissection; Anatomical knowledge; Knowledge evaluation; Medical education; Medical imaging; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMY; CADAVER; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 49649122044     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.4     Document Type: Article

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