DEMONSTRATION
Interactive Thorax and Abdomen Radiological Anatomy
Courseware for the Internet
Penprapa Klinkhachorn, Frank Reilly, Richard Dey, Jeffrey
Altemus, and Manesh Kamsala
ABSTRACT:
A series of thorax
and abdomen radiographs were converted from Microsoft PowerPoint into
Macromedia Flash for online distribution to first-year medical students. The
objective for creating the courseware was to stimulate more active
self-directed learning among students. The rationale was to integrate radiology
into the human structure curriculum in a format that is readily accessible for
local and distance learning. Active learning was achieved by creating several
radiology tutorial units that target content areas dealing with standard and
cross-sectional anatomy, and angiography.
BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:
We will demonstrate
the utilization of internet/browser technology to present information critical
to the interpretation of standard X-rays and CT- and MRI-scans. The courseware
achieves a dimension that cannot be attained by using conventional radiology atlases, and it complements didactic and practical
(dissection) activities of first-year medical students in human anatomy. Anyone
with an interest in medical educational software should benefit from this
demonstration.
Penprapa Klinkhachorn
West Virginia
University School of Medicine,
Morgantown, WV
26505-9128 Phone: 304-293-0587
Fax: 304-293-8159
pklinkhachorn@hsc.wvu.edu
Website: http://anatomy.hsc.wvu.edu/
CO-AUTHORS:
Frank Reilly
Jeffrey Altemus
Richard Dey
Mahesh Kamsala
Phone: 304-293-0607
for Frank Reilly
304-293-6921 for Jeffery
Altemus and Mahesh Kamsala
304-293-2212 from
Richard Dey
Fax: 304-293-8159