The effectiveness of an interactive 3-dimensional computer graphics model for medical education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical students often have difficulty achieving a conceptual understanding of 3-dimensional (3D) anatomy, such as bone alignment, muscles, and complex movements, from 2-dimensional (2D) images. To this end, animated and interactive 3-dimensional computer graphics (3DCG) can provide better visual information to users. In medical fields, research on the advantages of 3DCG in medical education is relatively new.

Objective

To determine the educational effectiveness of interactive 3DCG.

Methods

We divided 100 participants (27 men, mean (SD) age 17.9 (0.6) years, and 73 women, mean (SD) age 18.1 (1.1) years) from the Health Sciences University of Mongolia (HSUM) into 3DCG (n = 50) and textbook-only (control) (n = 50) groups. The control group used a textbook and

SUBMITTER: Battulga B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3626131 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature