title: Cognitive learning: new media to visualize human anatomy
abstract: The knowledge of anatomy is essential for all health care professionals. However, it has become extremely difficult to find qualified instructors who can fit into an academic environment that stresses research funding and publications for promotion. In addition, dissection, which is the best way to learn anatomy, is expensive, labor intensive and time consuming. We are developing electronic visualization media to augment the teaching and learning of human anatomy. We are creating programs that reveal 3-D spatial relationships by allowing the user to both deconstruct (dissect) and reconstruct discrete regions of the body and which use labeling paradigms that are efficient, yet informative. We have also incorporated principles from cognitive psychology showing that learning is most efficient when the process is interactive and the student is thoroughly engaged in the subject matter.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, New York, NY.
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Soliz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ambron
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Molholt