ANATOMIA: An interactive Web-based resource to assist medical and
dental students with learning functional anatomy of the larynx.
Jodie Jenkinson,
Howard Cohen, Bernie Leibgott, Patricia Stewart, and Michael Wiley, Faculties
Medicine and Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ABSTRACT:
ANATOMIA was designed as an interactive web-based exercise, suitable for first year medical and dental students learning the clinically relevant functional anatomy of the human larynx.
Clinically significant regions such as the larynx, cavernous sinus, pterygopalatine fossa and middle ear are small and beyond the dissection skills of most undergraduate students in the time allotted for laboratory study in the present Medical and Dental curriculum at the University of Toronto. Moreover, opportunities to review these areas in the dissecting room are limited, because they are necessarily destroyed by subsequent dissections of adjacent, deeper structures. Review using atlas or textbook images is unsatisfactory because of the static nature of photographs and their limited ability to reflect the inter-relatedness of structures in three dimensions.
The goal in developing ANATOMIA was to create a Web-based educational tool that may serve as a prototype in the development of subsequent modules. The first of these modules examines functional anatomy of the larynx. Clearly communicating the spatial and functional inter-relationships of laryngeal structures was a primary goal in the design of this module. Versatility of design, accessibility and seamless integration of new media elements such as animation and video were also key considerations in its development.
BENEFIT TO
PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:
This presentation will review both information and interactive design considerations in creating an adaptable user interface. We'll also be examining innovative approaches to creating effective and versatile learning modules using Macromedia Flash as a development tool.
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Jodie Jenkinson Division of Biomedical Communications Dept. of Surgery Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Phone: 416-978-1714 Fax: 416-978-6891 |
CO-AUTHORS: 1 Student Howard Cohen Faculty of Dentistry University of Toronto 2 Bernie Leibgott 3 Patricia Stewart .4 Michael Wiley Division of Anatomy, Dept. of Surgery Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Phone: 2. Tel: 416-978-3679 3. Tel: 416-978-8963 4. Tel: 416- 978-2642 Fax: 416- 978-3844 Email: mailto:howard.cohen@utoronto.ca |