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Integrated education of gross anatomy and CT radiology for current advances in medicine
It is essential to learn human anatomy in 3D for advanced medicine. We designed such
an education system by integrating anatomy dissection with diagnostic CT radiology.
Cadavers were scanned by CT, and students consulted the postmortem CT images while
dissecting the cadaver to gain a better understanding of 3D human anatomy and
diagnostic radiology. Students used handheld DICOM viewers at the bench-side (OsiriX
on iPod touch). Students had lectures and workshops on diagnostic radiology, and study
assignments where they discussed findings in anatomy labs in comparison with CT
radiology. This teaching method for gross anatomy was used from 2009, and yielded
positive students’ perspectives, and significant improvements in radiology skills at
clinical courses.This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the
following article: Tohru Murakami, Yuki Tajika,
Hitoshi Ueno, Sachiko Awata, Satoshi
Hirasawa, Maki Sugimoto, Yoshihiko Kominato,
Yoshito Tsushima, Keigo Endo, and Hiroshi
Yorifuji. An integrated teaching method of gross
anatomy and computed tomography radiology.
Anat Sci Educ, 2014, which has been published
in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
doi/10.1002/ase.1430/abstract