Application and evaluation of virtual technologies for anatomy education to medical students: A review.

Autor: Karbasi Z; Department of Health Information Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Niakan Kalhori SR; Department of Health Information Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran [Med J Islam Repub Iran] 2020 Dec 03; Vol. 34, pp. 163. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Dec 03 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.47176/mjiri.34.163
Abstrakt: To learn anatomy, medical students need to look at body structures and manipulate anatomical structures. Simulation-based education is a promising opportunity for the upgrade and sharing of knowledge. The purpose of this review is to investigate the evaluation of virtual technologies in teaching anatomy to medical students.
Methods: In this review, we searched PubMed, Web of Sciences, Scopus, and Embase for relevant articles in November 2018. Information retrieval was done without time limitation. The search was based on the following keywords: virtual reality, medical education, and anatomy.
Results: 2483 articles were identified by searching databases. Finally, the fulltext of 12 articles was reviewed. The results of the review showed that virtual technologies had been used to train internal human anatomy, ear anatomy, nose anatomy, temporal bone anatomy, surgical anatomy, neuroanatomy, and cardiac anatomy.
Conclusion: Virtual reality, augmented reality, and games can enhance students' anatomical learning skills and are proper alternatives to traditional methods in case of no access to the cadavers and mannequin.
Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: None declared
(© 2020 Iran University of Medical Sciences.)
Databáze: MEDLINE