Korean J Med Educ. 1999; 11(1): 77-81.
Learning Effects of Computer-aided Anatomy Laboratory
1Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Chung- Ang University.
2Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Seoul National University.
ABSTRACT
To determine whether computer aided sessions can effectively replace some of the labor intensive laboratories in human gross anatomy, second-year medical students at the College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University were randomly assigned to either a traditional cadaver-dissection or self-learning using intensive computer programs of gross anatomy covering the same materials. After finishing the six-week anatomy course covering the upper and lower extremities, two groups of students were tested in written and practical examinations. Even though they were tested on an actual cadaver, in a statistical analysis, the performance of thirty students in the computer-lab were not significantly different from sixty-five students group in the dissecting lab. It strongly suggestes that part of traditional gross anatomy laboratory can be replaced to a digitalized laboratory.
Keywords :
Learning effect;Gross anatomy;Computer-aided anatomy
