the second international scientific and practical conference "3D technologies in clinical anatomy", Samara, Russia, 8 September - 10 October 2022, vol.1, no.1, pp.12-13
A New Classmate in Anatomy Education: 3D
Anatomical Modelling
Medical
students' work and judgment on better learning and understanding using original
models prepared by them. Muhiddin Furkan Kılıç1, Afife Zehra
Yurtsever1, Feyza Açıkgöz1, Beste Başgut1, Burcu
Mavi1, Ezgihan Ertuç1, Sinem Sevim1, Tuhan
Oruk1, Tuncay Peker2
1 Gazi University Faculty of Medicine 2nd grader student
2 Gazi University Faculty of Medicine Department of Anatomy
Anatomy classes which
take place at the beginning of the preclinical courses cause students to feel
desperate and anxious and to fear being unsuccessful. On the other hand,
medical students today prefer an anatomical education equipped with the newest
technology in contrast to conventional anatomical learning techniques. Beyond
that, they want to learn how to create anatomical models and animations which
appear at the center of the new technologies in anatomical education and create
them on their own.
For that purpose, the
elective course “3D Anatomical Modeling Workshop” was given two hours a week
for 6 months to 29 students consisting of volunteers of the Faculty of Medicine,
according to their request. The attendee students modeled anatomical structures
which were explained by the lecturer. The best of the models was selected and
printed by a 3D printer. Later these models were experienced in a Virtual
Reality environment.
The students that
attended the 3D Anatomical Modelling Workshop stated that their stress and
anxiety levels depending on the anatomy lectures had been positively affected.
They also stated that the lecture would
positively affect their future professional lives. Based on the research were
affected after the workshop in accordance with the before results, no
significant relationship was found.
There is not any study concerning the new
generation of medical students that are interested in using new technologies to
create 3D models and animations, which is at the center of the topic and how
this creation will affect those students’ lives and medical education.