Incorporating radiology into medical gross anatomy: Does the use of cadaver CT scans improve students' academic performance in anatomy?

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 56-63

  Lufler, Rebecca S ^a   Zumwalt, Ann C ^a   Romney, Carla A ^a   Hoagland, Todd M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver CT scans; CT scans; Gross anatomy; Medical education; Radiology; Spatial relationships

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANATOMY; CADAVER; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 77950927153     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.141     Document Type: Article

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