Does three‐dimensional anatomy improve student understanding?

• Published in: Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 25 - 33
• Main Authors: Triepels, Charlotte P. R., Smeets, Carlijn F. A., Notten, Kim J. B., Kruitwagen, Roy F. P. M., Futterer, Jurgen J., Vergeldt, Tineke F. M., Van Kuijk, Sander M. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Anatomy; Anatomy - education; Augmented reality; Computer applications; Computer Simulation; Education, Medical - methods; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Learning; Medical students; Models, Anatomic; Review; Simulation Training - methods; Students; Teaching methods; Textbooks; three dimensional; traditional methods; Virtual reality; Visualization; students; three dimensional; anatomy; review; traditional methods

We aim to provide an overview of the various digital three‐dimensional visualizations used for learning anatomy and to assess whether these improve medical students' understanding of anatomy compared to traditional learning methods. Furthermore, we evaluate the attitudes of the users of three‐d...