ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2019
Application of three-dimensional reconstruction and printing as an elective course for undergraduate medical students: an exploratory trial.
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backgroundMedical three-dimensional (3D) digital reconstruction and printing have become common tools in medicine, but few undergraduate medical students understand its whole process and teaching and clinical application. Therefore, we designed an elective course of 3D reconstruction and printing for students and studied its significance and practicability.
methodsThirty undergraduate medical students in their second-year of study volunteered to participate in the course. The course started with three lessons on the theory of 3D digital reconstruction and printing in medicine. The students were then randomly divided into ten groups. Each group randomly selected its own original data set, which could contain a series of 2D images including sectional anatomical images, histological images, CT and MRI. Amira software was used to segment the structures of interest, to 3D reconstruct them and to smooth and simplify the models. These models were 3D printed and post-processed. Finally, the 3D digital and printed models were scored, and the students produced brief reports of their work and knowledge acquisition and filled out an anonymous questionnaire about their study perceptions.
resultsAll the students finished this course. The average score of the 30 students was 83.1 ± 2.7. This course stimulated the students' learning interest and satisfied them. It was helpful for undergraduate students to understand anatomical structures and their spatial relationship more deeply. Students understood the whole process of 3D reconstruction and printing and its teaching and clinical applications through this course.
conclusionIt is significant and necessary to develop this course for undergraduate medical students.
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