"Let's Get Physical": Advantages of a physical model over 3D computer models and textbooks in learning imaging anatomy

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 216-224

  Preece, Daniel ^a   Williams, Sarah B ^a   Lam, Richard ^a   Weller, Renate ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gross anatomy; Horse; MRI; Physical models; Rapid prototyping; Teaching methods; Veterinary anatomy education; Veterinary imaging

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BOOK; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOT; GROSS ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RECOGNITION; TEACHING; TEACHING METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY ANATOMY EDUCATION; VETERINARY IMAGING;

GROSS ANATOMY; HORSE; MRI; PHYSICAL MODELS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; TEACHING METHODS; VETERINARY ANATOMY EDUCATION; VETERINARY IMAGING;

ANATOMY; ANIMALS; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; FEEDBACK; FOOT; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; TEACHING; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84880045776     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1345     Document Type: Article

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