Exploring the potential malleability of spatial skills through anatomy teaching: A quantitative study among medical students.

ABSTRACT: Spatial skills, or spatial ability, is the ability to visualize and mentally manipulate three-dimensional objects, and is essential to the study of anatomy. This study aims to investigate whether spatial skills required to infer cross-sectional images could be improved through anatomy learning, as well as gender differences in spatial skills. First-year medical students from 2016, 2018, and 2019 at King's College London undertook two online tests examining their ability to identify cross-sections of various anatomical structures and geometric solids from the Santa Barbara Solids Test (SBST). Test 1 took place in October before anatomy teaching, and Test 2 in December after anatomy teaching on the abdomen and pelvis. Mean scores were compared between Test 1 and Test 2 using the paired t-tes

SUBMITTER: Sagoo MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12413475 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature