Harnessing Augmented Reality and CT to Teach First-Year Medical Students Head and Neck Anatomy.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale and objectives

Three-dimensional (3D) visualization has been shown to benefit new generations of medical students and physicians-in-training in a variety of contexts. However, there is limited research directly comparing student performance after using 3D tools to those using two-dimensional (2D) screens.

Materials and methods

A CT was performed on a donated cadaver and a 3D CT hologram was created. A total of 30 first-year medical students were randomly assigned into two groups to review head and neck anatomy in a teaching session that incorporated CT. The first group used an augmented reality headset, while the second group used a laptop screen. The students were administered a five-question anatomy test before and after the session. Two-tailed t-tests were used

SUBMITTER: Weeks JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8011826 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature