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Virtual reality as a teaching aid for anatomy

Laura Mason Orcid Logo, Marc Holmes

INTED2019 Proceedings, Volume: 1, Pages: 5132 - 5137

Swansea University Author: Laura Mason Orcid Logo

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Within medical education virtual reality (VR) environments have been used routinely for training and assessing medical skills (ref) whereas they remain less developed in other fields requiring knowledge of human anatomy. A full understanding of human anatomy requires students to learn a large number...

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Published in: INTED2019 Proceedings
ISSN: 2340-1079
Published: Valencia, Spain 13th International Technology, Education and Development Conference 2019
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51092
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Abstract: Within medical education virtual reality (VR) environments have been used routinely for training and assessing medical skills (ref) whereas they remain less developed in other fields requiring knowledge of human anatomy. A full understanding of human anatomy requires students to learn a large number of terms which students typically struggle with using a traditional education model. Therefore the aim of this study was to determine whether using VR as an immersive learning opportunity could help students to engage with anatomy material and subsequently whether it may impact their achievement in related assessments.
Keywords: virtual reality, gamification, technology enhanced learning, anatomy, medical engineering
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Start Page: 5132
End Page: 5137