title: Transforming information for computer-aided instruction: using a Socratic Dialogue method to teach gross anatomy.
abstract: Traditional teaching of anatomy can be a difficult process of rote memorization. Computers allow information presentation to be much more dynamic, and interactive; the same information can be presented in multiple organizations. Using this idea, we have implemented a new pedagogy for computer-assisted instruction in The Anatomy Lesson, an interactive digital teacher which uses a "Socratic Dialogue" metaphor, as well as a textbook-like approach, to facilitate conceptual learning in anatomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Stanford University.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Constantinou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daane
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dev
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods