title: Transition from film to electronic media in the first-year medical school gross anatomy lab.
abstract: For the benefit of the first-year gross anatomy students, we digitized and published on a Web site images that had been collected over a 30-year period. We provided a CD-ROM (compact disk, read-only media) containing the image set in higher quality format to students and faculty. We supplemented basic images with hot topics such as CT angiography, virtual colonography, computer-aided diagnosis, and 3D post-processing. Full motion video and moving JPEG (Joint Photo Expert Group) animations were integrated into the atlas. On the post course questionnaire medical students reported that the images on CD-ROM were helpful during the course and for review prior to examinations. Faculty and medical students used the CD-ROM for problem-based learning sections and facilitator training. The images were clear and easily projected during review sessions and were useful for the small group sessions, where they served as examples of normal anatomy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0159, USA. rernst@massmed.org
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Walser
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chaljub
mesh_terms: D019412:Anatomy, Cross-Sectional / Q000193:education*; D016251:CD-ROM / Q000191:economics; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000191:economics; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004582:Electronics, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000191:economics; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013337:Students, Medical; D014481:United States; D014962:X-Ray Film / Q000191:economics