Anatomy Education Resources

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Anatomy Education Research

Anatomy Education Journals & Publications

• Advances in Physiology Education – Physiology education journal, from the American Physiological Society
• Anatomical Sciences Education – One of AAA’s three scholarly journals
• Teaching Anatomy: A Practical Guide – Written by members Lap Ki Chen and Wojciech Pawlina
• How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (2000) – From the National Research Council
• Research Rundowns – A brief overview of educational research methods
• MedEdPORTAL – A peer-reviewed, open-access journal sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges that promotes educational scholarship and dissemination of teaching and assessment resources in the health professions

Anatomy Education Online Community & Networks

• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) – A curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed to and used by an international education community
• Association of American Medical Colleges-Group on Educational Affairs – Advancing medical education and medical educators through faculty development, curriculum development, educational research, and assessment in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education
• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching – Committed to developing networks of ideas, individuals, and institutions to advance teaching and learning
• Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning – Committed to advancing the teaching of STEM disciplines in higher education

Embryology Education Resources

Embryology Education Videos & Animations

• Body Cavity Development (online video) – A clip from an animation showing body cavity development in the human embryo

Embryology Education Digital Libraries & Compilations

• The e-Mouse Atlas Project – Digital atlas of mouse development and database for spatially mapped data such as in situ gene expression and cell lineage
• The Multi-Dimensional Human Embryo – 3D image reference of the human embryo based on magnetic resonance imaging, including Quicktime movies
• Virtual Human Embryo Project – A digital image database of serially-sectioned human embryos from the Carnegie collection

Embryology Education & Research Website

• University of New South Wales Embryology Wiki – Embryology online education and research website

Gross Anatomy Education Resources

Digital Libraries & Compilations

• Anatomy Atlases – Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation
• Anatomy-Histology Tutorials – Visible human structure quizzes and clinical cases from the University of Utah
• Clinical Anatomy drawings – Historical collection of anatomical drawings created for the University of British Columbia
• Basic Human Anatomy – Online text from Dartmouth College
• Terminologia Anatomica – Anatomical terminology from the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists
• Gross Anatomy Tables – Collection of anatomy tables organized by both system and region from the University of Arkansas
• Muscle Atlas – Tool for learning the muscles of the extremities from the University of Washington
• Visible Human Browsers – View female forms in all three planes (axial, coronal, sagittal)
• Guidance for Institutions/Anatomists When Utilising Cadaveric Material for Online Teaching Sessions – recommendations on donor consent, learner digital code, and institutional probity and professional processes drafted by an informal working group in the UK in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

Tutorials & Assessments

• Dissectiontutorials – University of Michigan tutorials with videos, surface anatomy tutorials, clinical cases, and practice quizzes
• Khan Academy Anatomy and Physiology – Free online courses in anatomy and physiology
• Human Anatomy Learning Modules – Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine learning modules
• Structure of the Human Body – Loyola University Chicago self-assessments listed under the “Educational Resources” tab
• Online Dissection Manual – Pictorial online dissector and practice practical questions from SUNY Downstate
• The Body Online – Cadaver photos and self-testing

Histology Education Resources

Digital Histology Libraries & Compilations

• Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy – Companion to Histology and Neuroanatomy: Second Edition
• Blue Histology – Annotated static images and image-based practice questions from the University of Western Australia
• Digital Histology Atlas – Light and EM micrographs representing all major basic tissues and most organs/organ systems
• Duke University Medical Histology and Virtual Microscopy Resources – Features an extensive collection of basic tissues and organ systems virtual slides
• Histology Coloring Book – Master Histology with the Power of Coloring
• Histology at the University of Michigan – Digital microscopy resources for the study of cells
• Histology Guide – Virtual histology lab featuring variety of basic tissues and organ systems virtual slides; annotations available
• Histology Learning System – Boston University site with static histology micrographs with annotations; common confusions tab offers side-by-side comparison of commonly misidentified tissues/structures/organs at the microscopic level
• Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education – More than 2,700 images with text that illustrate gross and microscopic pathologic findings along with radiologic imaging associated with human disease conditions
• Loyola University Histology – Static annotated images with static-image based quizzes and a link to a collection of virtual histology images
• Microscopic Anatomy – Features a gallery of static histology micrographs, images of cellular ultrastructures, histology PowerPoint presentations, and 3D models and videos of cells and tissues from the University of Delaware
• NYU School of Medicine Virtual Microscope – Virtual histology lab featuring variety of basic tissues and organ systems virtual slides
• The Cell Image Library – A public repository of reviewed and annotated images, videos, and animations of cells from a variety of organisms
• The Iowa Virtual Slidebox – Virtual histology lab offering more than 1,000 virtual slides
• The JayDoc HistoWeb – Histology atlas from the School of Medicine of the University of Kansas with succinct explanations of the tissues to guide the first-year medical student in the use of their microscopes
• University of Colorado Virtual Histology Lab – Consists of interactive slides, complete with detailed annotations and quizzes associated with each slide; developed by member Lisa Lee

Histology Videos & Animations

• Histology Helper – YouTube channel offering audiovisual tutorial on 18 different types of tissues and organs
• Shotgun Histology – YouTube channel offering audiovisual tutorial on 89 different types of tissues and organs

Neuroanatomy/Neuroscience Education Resources

Neuroanatomy Digital Libraries & Compilations

• Columbia Interactive Neuroanatomy Atlas – Numerous images with identification quizzes
• Neuroscience and How Students Learn – From the University of California, Berkley
• McGill University: The Brain From Top to Bottom – Information about the brain; neuroscience-oriented
• UBC neuroanatomy website – Comprehensive website with didactic videos, interactive modules, quizzes, 3D reconstructions, MRI scans, and a complete web atlas with AAA member Claudia Krebs

Neuroanatomy Tutorials & Assessments

• Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine Atlas of the Brain – Interactive self-assessment site with images of gross brain topography, stained sections in various planes, and a comprehensive collection of radiologic images
• Neuroanatomy tutorial from the University of Utah – Online self-assessment with gross brain images, sagittal and coronal section
• Neurobiology/Biopsychology tutorials – Animated tutorials from the Purves textbook
• University of Utah: HyperBrain – An online learning tutorial for human neuroanatomy

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