title: Using interactive videodiscs to teach gross anatomy to undergraduates at the Ohio State University.
abstract: To determine whether interactive-videodisc lessons can effectively replace some of the labor-intensive laboratories in human gross anatomy, pre-nursing and allied-medical-professions undergraduates at The Ohio State University were randomly assigned to either a traditional cadaver-demonstration lab or an interactive-videodisc computer lab covering the same material. In a one-unit pilot study in the autumn quarter of 1989 (involving 190 students) and a full-quarter course in the spring quarter of 1991 (283 students), the performances of the computer-lab students were not significantly different from those of the students in the traditional cadaver-demonstration-lab groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Guy
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Frisby
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D002102:Cadaver; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009820:Ohio; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014495:Universities; D014742:Videodisc Recording