PROBLEMS OF STUDYING ANATOMY: A MODERN APPROACH TO STUDY IN COMBINATION WITH MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES

Abstract

Anatomy is the first true medical discipline that a freshman, still yesterday’s schoolboy, encounters in higher education, but it is also a solid foundation underlying future medical knowledge. Currently, there is a need for ways of studying the human body in vivo that can broaden the view of the study of anatomy as well as facilitate and diversify the learning process. Such modern, actively developing and, on the other hand, already firmly established techniques include, in particular, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This paper presents possible options for modernizing knowledge acquisition by taking into account different formats for visualizing learning material. RadiAnt DICOM Viewer image manipulation software is used as an example. No doubt, a confident mastery of such a fundamental discipline as anatomy is necessary for further education, but even more important is this knowledge for the successful work of any physician. The introduction of CT and MRI studies in the training of future specialists introduces them to modern diagnostic methods in clinical practice already at the initial stage of training. The introduction of innovative ways of studying anatomy contributes to motivating students, structuring knowledge, developing logical thinking and the ability to establish causal relationships, which facilitates learning of further disciplines, such as topographical anatomy, pathological anatomy, radiology diagnostics, etc.