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1University of California San Diego, School of Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 2School of Medicine and 3Graduate School of Nursing hhoffman@ucsd.edu |
Anatomic VisualizeR provides a virtual dissection room in which students and faculty can directly interact with three dimensional models and concurrently access supporting curricular materials. A broad range of virtual exploratory tools enables users to investigate structures in ways not possible in the real world. A partial list of options includes: link/unlink models, change opacity or size, dynamically create cross sectional views using a clipping plane, measure sizes and distances with a virtual ruler, mark structures with a flag, identify structures using a probe, and draw lines and simple objects using a SpaceDraw tool. Moreover, a student may choose to access additional information resources using Anatomic VisualizeR's search tool.
Anatomic VisualizeR made its curricular debut outside UCSD in the Fall of 1999 when it was used for teaching of two graduate-level nursing neuroscience lectures. USUHS is currently running the only alpha version of VisualizeR outside of the UCSD Learning Resource Center and will be jointly developing other VR-based anatomy/neuroscience lessons over the next year.
Keywords: Anatomy Education, Anatomic VisualizeR, Learning Modules, Neuroscience Education, Virtual Dissection, Virtual Exploratory Tools, Virtual Reality
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