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Hoyt, Amy; McNulty, John A.; Gruener, Gregory; Chandrasekhar, Arcot; Espiritu, Baltazar; Ensminger, David; Price, Ron, Jr.; Naheedy, Ross – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2010
This study integrated an in-house audience response system (ARS) in the human anatomy course over two years to determine whether students performed better on high-stakes examinations following exposure to similar interactive questions in a large lecture format. Questions in an interactive ARS format were presented in lectures via PowerPoint…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Medical Education, High Stakes Tests, Audience Response
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Finn, Gabrielle M.; White, Pamela M.; Abdelbagi, Pamela M. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2011
Body painting as a tool for teaching anatomy is becoming increasingly popular as it is fun and diffuses the formal academic context. Students claim bright color plays a significant role in retention of knowledge from painting sessions. Medical students (n = 117) were divided into two conditions: block color (CLR) and black outlines (BLK). Students…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Anatomy, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
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Wait, Kevin R.; Cloud, Beth A.; Forster, Lindsey A.; Jones, Tiffany M.; Nokleby, Jessica J.; Wolfe, Cortney R.; Youdas, James W. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2009
An audience response system (ARS) has become popular among educators in medicine and the health professions because of the system's ability to engage listeners during a lecture presentation. No one has described the usefulness of ARS technology during planned nonlecture peer teaching sessions in gross anatomy instruction for health professionals.…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Likert Scales, Anatomy, Physical Therapy
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Alexander, Cara J.; Crescini, Weronika M.; Juskewitch, Justin E.; Lachman, Nirusha; Pawlina, Wojciech – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2009
The goals of our study were to determine the predictive value and usability of an audience response system (ARS) as a knowledge assessment tool in an undergraduate medical curriculum. Over a three year period (2006-2008), data were collected from first year didactic blocks in Genetics/Histology and Anatomy/Radiology (n = 42-50 per class). During…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Medical Education, Audience Response, Genetics