BACKGROUND AND AIM The study of anatomy remains the backbone of medical education in the first years. There is a constant need for educational materials that enable the assimilation of knowledge by students. The casts after human bodies have not lost the value, even in the era of virtual education. We present in this paper a museal item destined to improve the anatomy teaching. METHODS Given ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the long-term retention of a 3-dimentional (3-D) educational computer model of the larynx to teach laryngeal anatomy and to compare it with standard written instruction (SWI). DESIGN Prospective randomized controlled trial. SETTING University education program. PARTICIPANTS One hundred health care students. INTERVENTIONS For short-term assessment, 50 students wer...

Although traditional departments of anatomy are vanishing from medical school rosters, anatomical education still remains an important part of the professional training of physicians. It is of some interest to examine whether history can teach us anything about how to reform modern anatomy. Are there lessons to be learned from the history of anatomical teaching in the United States that can hel...

1Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece 2Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 62110 Serres, Greece 3Department of Anatomy, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany 4Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessalo...