OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Anatomical Sciences Education is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	419
Departing from standard practices: Strategic application of value engineering in the anatomy laboratory to enhance formaldehyde extraction using high‐impact, low‐cost, and low‐maintenance solutions	80
Predicting performance in a doctor of physical therapy gross anatomy course based on an exploratory factor analysis of the anatomical self‐efficacy instrument	71
Developing 3D models using photogrammetry for virtual reality training in anatomy	57
Empathy and cultural humility: Caribbean medical students' experience in Taiwan's Silent Teacher family interviews	57
Show them what they can't see! An evaluation of the use of customized 3D printed models in head and neck anatomy	52
Chinese anatomy educators' perceptions of blended learning in anatomy education: A national survey in the post‐COVID‐19 era	51
Commemoration of body donors in a religiously diverse society: A tale of two Korean medical schools	41
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Donor memorialization practices at religious institutions in the United States	35
Histology as a paradigm for a science‐based learning experience: Visits by histology education spirits of past, present, and future	33
Predictive factors of academic success in neuromusculoskeletal anatomy among doctor of physical therapy students	32
3D wildlife skull models for wildlife veterinary training	31
Graduate anatomy education: How are we training the future generations of anatomy educators?	30
Motivational factors, attitudes, and knowledge about the cadaveric body donation program among body donors in Myanmar	30
21st Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA)	29
A comparison of pre‐ and post‐clinical education learning preferences among medical students who elected to dissect compared to those who did not during the COVID‐19 pandemic	28
Student perceptions of remote versus on‐campus gross anatomy laboratories during COVID‐19	27
Effect of peer facilitation in anatomy small group curriculum on academic performance and retention: A pilot study	27
Teaching respect for body donors: A US medical student perspective	27
A librarian's view of APA PsycTests, a database for psychological tests and measures	26
Transforming histology students from passive lecture listeners into active lecture learners	26
The value of in‐person undergraduate dissection in anatomical education in the time of Covid‐19	26
Anatomy as embodied resistance in an age of digital abstraction	25
Three‐dimensional printing in anatomy education: Is it similarly useful for teaching of all anatomical regions and structures?	25

Education Abstracts	24
Does dissection influence weight bias among doctor of physical therapy students?	23
Job prospects and career pathways for human anatomy graduates from the University of Otago: Implications for student support and professional development	23
The question of dissection in medical training: Not just “if,” but “when”? A student perspective	23
Activating teaching philosophy statements: A call to action for anatomy educators	22
The importance of diverse and accurate descriptions of genital anatomy in textbooks	22
The longitudinal development of low‐academic performance medical students' key self‐regulated learning processes during a basic sciences nervous system block using a combined diary intervention	22
Universal design for learning in anatomy education of healthcare students: A scoping review	21
The current state of anatomy education in United States doctor of physical therapy programs	20
Naked eye three‐dimensional teaching assistant system applied to undergraduate medical imaging education: A pilot study	19
Anatomy beyond the pandemic: A Q‐methodology study exploring student perceptions toward a hybrid curriculum	19
Israeli medical faculties' response to the COVID‐19 crisis vis‐à‐vis anatomical education: The cultivation of future academic leadership—A national mixed‐methods study	19
A randomized trial comparing cadaveric dissection and examination of prosections as applied surgical anatomy teaching pedagogies	18
Prior anatomy experience among medical students: What difference does it make?	18
Gaze and hand behaviors during haptic abilities testing—An update to multimedia learning theory	17
A new classmate in anatomy education: 3D anatomical modeling medical students’ engagement on learning through self‐prepared anatomical models	17
Intentional grouping and team building within the gross anatomy laboratory	16
Faculty retirements will likely exacerbate the anatomy educator shortage	16
Analysis of the ethical issues in authorship of collaborative research. Observations inspired by the historical case study of Gerard L. Blaes' (Blasius) claim to sole authorship of ‘Anatome medullae s	15
Current trends in anatomy course characteristics across US physician assistant programs	15
Anxiety, emotions, and thoughts of veterinary medicine students during their first visit to the dissection room	15
The effectiveness of immersive virtual reality as a student‐centered tool for learning neuroanatomy: A single‐blind randomized controlled trial with physiotherapy students	15
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	15
Día de Muertos: A confluence of gross anatomy, culture, and spirituality	15
Design for assessment of dissection in anatomy laboratory based on group identification of structures and peer evaluation	15
Update on the state of the anatomy educator shortage	14
How students discern anatomical structures using digital three‐dimensional visualizations in anatomy education	14
Open‐source large language models in medical education: Balancing promise and challenges	14
Learning in context: Undergraduate students' knowledge and the content retention of anatomy between discipline‐specific and integrated course approaches	14
Education Abstracts	14
Creating a novel 3D‐printed model for teaching pelvic floor anatomy	14
The Global Neuroanatomy Network: A new repository of open educational resources	14
The rise of ChatGPT: Exploring its potential in medical education	14
Environmental sustainability in anatomy: A call for action	13
Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities	13
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Clinicians' opinions on the clinical relevance of anatomy education at Stellenbosch University	13
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	13
Immersive virtual reality and augmented reality in anatomy education: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	13
“The tactile realness of ‘life’ is hitting me in the face”: Unprompted student reflections of dissection using formalin‐ and Thiel‐embalmed donors	13
Application of augmented reality models of canine skull in veterinary anatomical education	12
A comparison of student perspectives on body donation across healthcare professional programs: From prosection‐ to dissection‐based curricula	12
Fostering uncertainty tolerance in anatomy education: Lessons learned from how humanities, arts and social science (HASS) educators develop learners' uncertainty tolerance	12
The impact of an immersive virtual reality anatomy lab for informal science education	12
Investigating the effectiveness of three‐dimensionally printed anatomical models compared with plastinated human specimens in learning cardiac and neck anatomy: A randomized crossover study	12
Bringing anatomy to life: Evaluating a novel ultrasound curriculum in the anatomy laboratory	12
Narrative inquiry for beginners: A practical guide for health professions education researchers	12
Personalization above anonymization? A role for considering the humanity and spirituality of the dead in anatomical education	11
Comparing assisting technologies for proficiency in cardiac morphology: 3D printing and mixed reality versus CT slice images for morphological understanding of congenital heart d	11
“Don't fix the fumes but compromise the learning”: Response to the letter by Matthew J. Zdilla: “Sound off: Noise in the gross‐anatomy laboratory”	11

Virtual sketching‐based dental anatomy module improves learners' abilities to use computer‐aided design to create dental restorations and prostheses	11
Do religious and cultural considerations militate against body donation? An overview and a Christian perspective	11
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	11
Reimagining human dissection in preclinical medical education using studio‐based learning: A retrospective pilot study	11
Evaluating group dynamics through peer assessment during a global student collaboration of interprofessional healthcare education: A longitudinal study across 33 universities	11
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 17, Issue 1, 2024 Cover Image	11
Are neuroanatomy multimedia resources effective in improving medical students' understanding of structural and functional neuroanatomy? A systematic review	11
Implementing virtual reality technology to teach medical college systemic anatomy: A pilot study	11
A review of the ethical considerations for the use of 3D printed materials in medical and allied health education and a proposed collective path forward	10
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 18, Issue 6, 2025 Cover Image	10
Survey sabotage: Insights into reducing the risk of fraudulent responses in online surveys	10
Education Abstracts	10
Introducing medical students to cadaveric dissection: Which aspects of an orientation are most beneficial?	10
How human anatomy is being taught in entry‐level occupational therapy programs in the United States	10
Flipped spotters learning model: An innovative student activity‐based strategy. A preparation tool for anatomy practical examinations in medical education	10
Breaking barriers: The landscape of human and veterinary medical anatomy education and the potential for collaboration	10
“Lives and times”: The case for qualitative longitudinal research in anatomical sciences education	10
AI's ability to interpret unlabeled anatomy images and supplement educational research as an AI rater	10
Virtual reality in nursing anatomy education: Benefits and implementation considerations	10
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Current and potential use of fresh frozen cadaver in surgical training and anatomical education	10
“Preparing them for the profession”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of anatomy educators coping with complexity in the United Kingdom curriculum	10
Exploring body donation communication with large language models: Accuracy, readability, and ethical considerations	10
Remote learning during Covid‐19 lockdown: A study on anatomy and histology education for pharmacy students in Jordan	10
A pilot study exploring the effectiveness of binaural beats at reducing anxiety associated with cadaveric dissection	9
Implementation of plastinated specimens in a Doctor of Physical Therapy human anatomy curriculum	9
Perspectives of online anatomy teachers: A neglected study population struggles with the invisible student	9
A pilot study of the anatomical self‐efficacy instrument for clinical clerkships (ASEI‐CC)	9
Prospective comparative study on enhancing geometrical mental representation and anatomical learning in medical students through modeling clay as an assessment tool	9
Legislative harmonization for body donation in mainland China: A call for national reform	9
The simulation paradox: Does perfecting virtual anatomy risk imperfecting professional empathy?	9
Measuring students' perceptions of virtual reality for learning anatomy using the general extended technology acceptance model for E‐learning	9
Promoting metacognition in an allied health anatomy course	8
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 17, Issue 9, 2024 Cover Image	8
The road to best practices in body donation	8
Interactive audio human organ model combined with team‐based learning improves the motivation and performance of nursing students in learning anatomy and physiology	8
Radiology for anatomy educators: Success of an online, 2‐day course for radiology training	8
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Doing more with less: Realistic stereoscopic three‐dimensional anatomical modeling from smartphone photogrammetry	8
Responding to the healthcare workforce shortage: A scoping review exploring anatomical pathologists' professional identities over time	8
A limited global perspective on what makes anatomical public engagement good or bad	8
Teaching human anatomy before during and after COVID‐19 pandemic: A longitudinal study on kinesiology students' performance, cognitive load, and congruent embodied learning	8
The future of anatomy teaching post‐pandemic: An academic viewpoint	8
Enhancing exam question quality in medical education through bootstrapping	8
Macro and micro ethics in fetal and embryological collections: Exploring the paradigms of informed consent among Australian education‐focused stakeholders	8
A picture's worth a thousand words: Enhancing qualitative data collection with rich pictures	7
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 18, Issue 7, 2025 Cover Image	7
Scoping review: The use of augmented reality in clinical anatomical education and its assessment tools	7
The role of spatial ability in mixed reality learning with the HoloLens	7
Education Abstracts	7
Correction to Emerging trends on the anatomy teaching reforms in the last 10 years: Based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace	7
Effects of tablet‐based drawing and paper‐based methods on medical students' learning of gross anatomy	7
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	7
Instagram Reels improve students' knowledge, motivation, perception, and satisfaction with anatomy and physiology	7
Anatomy at the threshold: Teaching the human body in a hybrid age	7
Unveiling disparity: A call to action for gender diversity in anatomy journal editorial teams	7
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	7
Effects of digital escape room versus traditional review sessions with individual or team participation on medical student motivation and short‐term knowledge	7
Promoting more future‐ready anatomy education after the Covid‐19 pandemic: A scoping review	6
Transfer of learning in histology: Insights from a longitudinal study	6
The importance of science communication and public engagement to professional associations	6
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	6
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 18, Issue S1, 2025 Cover Image	6
Development and implementation of a three‐dimensional (3D) printing elective course for health science students	6
Correction to “The rise of ChatGPT: Exploring its potential in medical education”	6
Effects of the individual three‐dimensional printed craniofacial bones with a quick response code on the skull spatial knowledge of undergraduate medical students	6
Emerging trends on the anatomy teaching reforms in the last 10 years: Based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace	6
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 16, Issue 3, 2023 Cover Image	6
Faith and facts: Exploring the intersection of religion and science among anatomy educators	6
Student's perspectives of inclusive practices in anatomy education	6
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#Anatomynotes: A temporal content analysis of anatomy education posts on Instagram	6
The effect of simulation‐based education before a cadaver dissection course	6
The impact of asynchronous online anatomy teaching and smaller learning groups in the anatomy laboratory on medical students’ performance during the Covid‐19 pandemic	6
Sourcing and utilization of bodies of the deceased for medical education and research: An examination of West African universities	6
An analysis of anatomy education before and during Covid‐19: August–December 2020	6
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