Computed tomography-enhanced anatomy course using enterprise visualization

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 332-341

  May, Hila ^a   Cohen, Haim ^a   Medlej, Bahaa ^a   Kornreich, Liora ^a,b   Peled, Nathan ^c   Hershkovitz, Israel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cadavers; CT, medical education; Curricular design; Gross anatomy education; Laboratory dissection; Learning methods; Medical imaging; Radiological anatomy; Self learning; Virtual dissection

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; TEACHING; TIME; UNIVERSITY; ARTICLE; CADAVERS; CT, MEDICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULAR DESIGN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GROSS ANATOMY EDUCATION; LABORATORY DISSECTION; LEARNING METHODS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SELF-LEARNING; VIRTUAL DISSECTION;

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNIVERSITIES;

CADAVERS; CT, MEDICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULAR DESIGN; GROSS ANATOMY EDUCATION; LABORATORY DISSECTION; LEARNING METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SELF-LEARNING; VIRTUAL DISSECTION;

EID: 84883553659     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1340     Document Type: Article

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