Teaching human anatomy to the visually impaired: A systematic review.

Autor: de Lima P; Department of Morphology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.; Department of Medicine, University Center for the Development of Alto Vale do Itajaí, Rio do Sul, Brazil., Souza E Silva R; Department of Morphology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil., Guedert DG; Department of Morphology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.; Department of Medicine, University Center of Brusque, Brusque, Brazil., Costa ACF; Department of Clinical Dentistry, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil., Gondim DV; Department of Morphology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil., Vale ML; Department of Morphology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.; Department of Federal Physiology and Pharmacology University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) [Clin Anat] 2022 Jul; Vol. 35 (5), pp. 660-665. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 25.
DOI: 10.1002/ca.23887
Abstrakt: Information related to human anatomy is present throughout the educational process, especially in undergraduate courses in the biomedical area. These courses have complex theoretical and practical contents, and this becomes more evident when they are developed for the visually impaired. The objective of this work was to perform a systematic review on the teaching of human anatomy for the visually impaired. After the protocol was registered on the PROSPERO platform (CRD42022306002), 10 electronic databases were manually searched with the descriptors "teaching human anatomy" and "visually impaired." Intervention studies were selected without date or language restrictions. In the end, only eight studies were found. Tactile materials produced manually, and Braille and cadaveric pieces, are assessed as good tools for teaching human anatomy to the visually impaired. There is a pressing need for adaptations of teaching methods to make the teaching more accessible and inclusive.
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Databáze: MEDLINE