Haptic experience to significantly motivate anatomy learning in medical students

• Published in: BMC medical education Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 946 - 10
• Main Authors: Manrique, Martha, Mondragón, Iván F., Flórez-Valencia, Leonardo, Montoya, Luisa, García, Ananías, Mera, Carmen Alicia, Kuhlmann, Angelika, Guillén, Fabricio, Cortés, Michelle, Gutiérrez Gómez, María Lucía
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 30.08.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: 3D bone models; Algorithms; Anatomy; Anatomy - education; Art Education; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Cadavers; Clinical medicine; Cognitive Ability; Control Groups; Curricula; Curriculum Design; Dissection; Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods; Educational aspects; Educational Measurement; Female; Females; Focus Groups; Haptics; Haptics technology; Humans; Instructional Materials; Integration; Laboratories; Laboratory Procedures; Learning; Learning Processes; Lecture Method; Long Term Memory; Male; Males; Medical education; Medical students; Methods; Models, Anatomic; Motivation; Motivation in education; Pedagogy; Significant learning; Spatial Ability; Students, Medical - psychology; Study and teaching; Teaching; Theory Practice Relationship; Undergraduate Students; Visualization; Workshops; Colombia; 3D bone models; Significant learning; Integration; Painting
• ISSN: 1472-6920; 1472-6920
• DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05829-w

Currently, multiple tools exist to teach and learn anatomy, but finding an adequate activity is challenging. However, it can be achieved through haptic experiences, where motivation is the means of a significant learning process. This study aimed to evaluate a haptic experience to determine if a tac...