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AEducaAR, Anatomical Education in Augmented Reality: A Pilot Experience of an Innovative Educational Tool Combining AR Technology and 3D Printing

Gross anatomy knowledge is an essential element for medical students in their education, and nowadays, cadaver-based instruction represents the main instructional tool able to provide three-dimensional (3D) and topographical comprehensions. The aim of the study was to develop and test a prototype of...

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Autores principales: Cercenelli, Laura, De Stefano, Alessia, Billi, Anna Maria, Ruggeri, Alessandra, Marcelli, Emanuela, Marchetti, Claudio, Manzoli, Lucia, Ratti, Stefano, Badiali, Giovanni
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162049
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031024
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author Cercenelli, Laura
De Stefano, Alessia
Billi, Anna Maria
Ruggeri, Alessandra
Marcelli, Emanuela
Marchetti, Claudio
Manzoli, Lucia
Ratti, Stefano
Badiali, Giovanni
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De Stefano, Alessia
Billi, Anna Maria
Ruggeri, Alessandra
Marcelli, Emanuela
Marchetti, Claudio
Manzoli, Lucia
Ratti, Stefano
Badiali, Giovanni
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description Gross anatomy knowledge is an essential element for medical students in their education, and nowadays, cadaver-based instruction represents the main instructional tool able to provide three-dimensional (3D) and topographical comprehensions. The aim of the study was to develop and test a prototype of an innovative tool for medical education in human anatomy based on the combination of augmented reality (AR) technology and a tangible 3D printed model that can be explored and manipulated by trainees, thus favoring a three-dimensional and topographical learning approach. After development of the tool, called AEducaAR (Anatomical Education with Augmented Reality), it was tested and evaluated by 62 second-year degree medical students attending the human anatomy course at the International School of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Bologna. Students were divided into two groups: AEducaAR-based learning (“AEducaAR group”) was compared to standard learning using human anatomy atlas (“Control group”). Both groups performed an objective test and an anonymous questionnaire. In the objective test, the results showed no significant difference between the two learning methods; instead, in the questionnaire, students showed enthusiasm and interest for the new tool and highlighted its training potentiality in open-ended comments. Therefore, the presented AEducaAR tool, once implemented, may contribute to enhancing students’ motivation for learning, increasing long-term memory retention and 3D comprehension of anatomical structures. Moreover, this new tool might help medical students to approach to innovative medical devices and technologies useful in their future careers.
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spelling pubmed-88340172022-02-12 AEducaAR, Anatomical Education in Augmented Reality: A Pilot Experience of an Innovative Educational Tool Combining AR Technology and 3D Printing Cercenelli, Laura De Stefano, Alessia Billi, Anna Maria Ruggeri, Alessandra Marcelli, Emanuela Marchetti, Claudio Manzoli, Lucia Ratti, Stefano Badiali, Giovanni Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Gross anatomy knowledge is an essential element for medical students in their education, and nowadays, cadaver-based instruction represents the main instructional tool able to provide three-dimensional (3D) and topographical comprehensions. The aim of the study was to develop and test a prototype of an innovative tool for medical education in human anatomy based on the combination of augmented reality (AR) technology and a tangible 3D printed model that can be explored and manipulated by trainees, thus favoring a three-dimensional and topographical learning approach. After development of the tool, called AEducaAR (Anatomical Education with Augmented Reality), it was tested and evaluated by 62 second-year degree medical students attending the human anatomy course at the International School of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Bologna. Students were divided into two groups: AEducaAR-based learning (“AEducaAR group”) was compared to standard learning using human anatomy atlas (“Control group”). Both groups performed an objective test and an anonymous questionnaire. In the objective test, the results showed no significant difference between the two learning methods; instead, in the questionnaire, students showed enthusiasm and interest for the new tool and highlighted its training potentiality in open-ended comments. Therefore, the presented AEducaAR tool, once implemented, may contribute to enhancing students’ motivation for learning, increasing long-term memory retention and 3D comprehension of anatomical structures. Moreover, this new tool might help medical students to approach to innovative medical devices and technologies useful in their future careers. MDPI 2022-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8834017/ /pubmed/35162049 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031024 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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De Stefano, Alessia
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Ruggeri, Alessandra
Marcelli, Emanuela
Marchetti, Claudio
Manzoli, Lucia
Ratti, Stefano
Badiali, Giovanni
AEducaAR, Anatomical Education in Augmented Reality: A Pilot Experience of an Innovative Educational Tool Combining AR Technology and 3D Printing
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title_full AEducaAR, Anatomical Education in Augmented Reality: A Pilot Experience of an Innovative Educational Tool Combining AR Technology and 3D Printing
title_fullStr AEducaAR, Anatomical Education in Augmented Reality: A Pilot Experience of an Innovative Educational Tool Combining AR Technology and 3D Printing
title_full_unstemmed AEducaAR, Anatomical Education in Augmented Reality: A Pilot Experience of an Innovative Educational Tool Combining AR Technology and 3D Printing
title_short AEducaAR, Anatomical Education in Augmented Reality: A Pilot Experience of an Innovative Educational Tool Combining AR Technology and 3D Printing
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162049
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031024
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