OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Anatomical Sciences Education is 7. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
The rise of ChatGPT: Exploring its potential in medical education	183
Virtual and Augmented Reality Enhancements to Medical and Science Student Physiology and Anatomy Test Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	114
An Analysis of Anatomy Education Before and During Covid‐19: May–August 2020	112
Spotlight on the Shift to Remote Anatomical Teaching During Covid‐19 Pandemic: Perspectives and Experiences from the University of Malta	78
Gross Anatomy Education in China during the Covid‐19 Pandemic: A National Survey	62
An analysis of anatomy education before and during Covid‐19: August–December 2020	56
A Journey Like No Other: Anatomy 2020!	48
Improvement in Student Performance and Perceptions through a Flipped Anatomy Classroom: Shifting from Passive Traditional to Active Blended Learning	45
Student Perception and the Effectiveness of Kahoot!: A Scoping Review in Histology, Anatomy, and Medical Education	44
Initial impressions of ChatGPT for anatomy education	43
Challenges in Teaching Human Anatomy to Students with Intellectual Disabilities During the Covid‐19 Pandemic	43
Correlating Spatial Ability With Anatomy Assessment Performance: A Meta‐Analysis	37
One year of anatomy teaching and learning in the outbreak: Has the Covid‐19 pandemic marked the end of a century‐old practice? A systematic review	37
Evaluation of the online learning of veterinary anatomy education during the Covid‐19 pandemic lockdown in Egypt: Students' perceptions	33
Immersive Anatomy Atlas: Learning Factual Medical Knowledge in a Virtual Reality Environment	33
Why is Anatomy Difficult to Learn? The Implications for Undergraduate Medical Curricula	33
Is remote near‐peer anatomy teaching an effective teaching strategy? Lessons learned from the transition to online learning during the Covid‐19 pandemic	32
Reflective Writing on the Cadaveric Dissection Experience: An Effective Tool to Assess the Impact of Dissection on Learning of Anatomy, Humanism, Empathy, Well‐Being, and Professional Identity Formati	31
Virtual Microscopy and Other Technologies for Teaching Histology During Covid‐19	30
The Effectiveness of Collaborative Augmented Reality in Gross Anatomy Teaching: A Quantitative and Qualitative Pilot Study	30
Anatomy in a Post‐Covid‐19 World: Tracing a New Trajectory	30
Anatomy education for medical students in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland in 2019: A 20‐year follow‐up	29
Effects of Covid‐19: The Need to Assess the Real Value of Anatomy Education	27
Responding to Covid‐19: A thematic analysis of students' perspectives on modified learning activities during an emergency transition to remote human anatomy education	25
Development of a Virtual Three‐Dimensional Assessment Scenario for Anatomical Education	25

Cinematic Rendering in Anatomy: A Crossover Study Comparing a Novel 3D Reconstruction Technique to Conventional Computed Tomography	24
Multimodal Three‐Dimensional Visualization Enhances Novice Learner Interpretation of Basic Cross‐Sectional Anatomy	24
The Effectiveness of an Augmented Reality Head‐Mounted Display in Learning Skull Anatomy at a Community College	24
Artificial intelligence and clinical anatomical education: Promises and perils	24
Beyond the Sex Binary: Toward the Inclusive Anatomical Sciences Education	23
Virtual Dissection: An Interactive Anatomy Learning Tool	23
Adverse Impact of Covid‐19 on Anatomical Sciences Teachers of India and Proposed Ways to Handle This Predicament	23
Anatomy as a Model Environment for Acquiring Professional Competencies in Medicine: Experiences at Harvard Medical School	23
Crashing from cadaver to computer: Covid‐driven crisis‐mode pedagogy spawns active online substitute for teaching gross anatomy	22
Remote learning during Covid‐19 lockdown: A study on anatomy and histology education for pharmacy students in Jordan	21
Perceptions, satisfactions, and performance of undergraduate students during Covid‐19 emergency remote teaching	21
The Universal Design for Learning Framework in Anatomical Sciences Education	21
The impact of asynchronous online anatomy teaching and smaller learning groups in the anatomy laboratory on medical students’ performance during the Covid‐19 pandemic	20
Working in Creative Partnership with Students to Co‐Produce Neuroanatomy e‐Learning Resources in a New Era of Blended Learning	20
Shift to emergency remote preclinical medical education amidst the Covid‐19 pandemic: A single‐institution study	20
Technological resources for teaching and learning about human anatomy in the medical course: Systematic review of literature	19
Investigating the effectiveness of three‐dimensionally printed anatomical models compared with plastinated human specimens in learning cardiac and neck anatomy: A randomized crossover study	19
Assessing the difference in learning gain between a mixed reality application and drawing screencasts in neuroanatomy	18
Body Donation, Teaching, and Research in Dissection Rooms in Spain in Times of Covid‐19	18
Flipped anatomy classroom integrating multimodal digital resources shows positive influence upon students' experience and learning performance	18
Dissection versus Prosection: A Comparative Assessment of the Course Experiences, Approaches to Learning, and Academic Performance of Non‐medical Undergraduate Students in Human Anatomy	18
Virtual Microscopy as a Learning Tool in Brazilian Medical Education	18
Dissection Experience and Performance on a Human Gross Anatomy Written Examination: Lessons Learned During the Covid‐19 Pandemic	17
Ethical Responses to the Covid‐19 Pandemic: Implications for the Ethos and Practice of Anatomy as a Health Science Discipline	17
Criss‐cross heart three‐dimensional printed models in medical education: A multicenter study on their value as a supporting tool to conventional imaging	16
Evaluation of an Augmented Reality Application for Learning Neuroanatomy in Psychology	16
Current and potential use of fresh frozen cadaver in surgical training and anatomical education	16
Impact of compulsory participation of medical students in a multiuser online game to learn radiological anatomy and radiological signs within the virtual world Second Life	16
Anatomy Online Teaching During Covid‐19 Pandemic: The Need for Responsive Anatomy Learning Ecosystem	16
Histology education in an integrated, time‐restricted medical curriculum: Academic outcomes and students' study adaptations	16
An Approach to Economic Evaluation in Undergraduate Anatomy Education	16
Anatomy education beyond the Covid‐19 pandemic: A changing pedagogy	16
Utilizing the metaverse in anatomy and physiology	16
Digital Feast and Physical Famine: The Altered Ecosystem of Anatomy Education due to the Covid‐19 Pandemic	15
Anatomy 3.0: Rediscovering Theatrum Anatomicum in the wake of Covid‐19	15
An Adaptive Blended Learning Model for the Implementation of an Integrated Medical Neuroscience Course During the Covid‐19 Pandemic	15
“Air Anatomy” – Teaching Complex Spatial Anatomy Using Simple Hand Gestures	14
Effectiveness of screen‐to‐screen and face‐to‐face learning modalities in dental anatomy module during Covid‐19 pandemic	13
Are Anatomy PhDs Nearing Extinction or Adapting to Change? United States Graduate Education Trends in the Anatomical Sciences	13
Virtual Reality Bell‐Ringer: The Development and Testing of a Stereoscopic Application for Human Gross Anatomy	13
Altruism in death: Attitudes to body and organ donation in Australian students	12
Understanding beliefs, preferences and actions amongst potential body donors	12
YouTube‐based course orientation videos delivered prior to matriculation fail to alleviate medical student anxiety about anatomy	12
Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Technology and Learning Outcomes in Dental Anatomy Education: E‐Learning Approach	12
Effect of binocular disparity on learning anatomy with stereoscopic augmented reality visualization: A double center randomized controlled trial	12
The future of anatomy education: Learning from Covid‐19 disruption	11
The value of in‐person undergraduate dissection in anatomical education in the time of Covid‐19	11
A Scoping Review of Effective Teaching Strategies in Surface Anatomy	11
Instructional Approaches: Anatomy Education of Physical Therapists	11
Team‐Based Ultrasound Objective Structured Practice Examination (OSPE) in the Anatomy Course	11

The Effect of Mobile Learning on Student Success and Anxiety in Teaching Genital System Anatomy	11
Does an Audiovisual Dissection Manual Improve Medical Students' Learning in the Gross Anatomy Dissection Course?	11
Analysis of Feasibility and Acceptability of an E‐Learning Module in Anatomy	11
Application of HoloLens‐based augmented reality and three‐dimensional printed anatomical tooth reference models in dental education	10
Has pedagogy, technology, and Covid‐19 killed the face‐to‐face lecture?	10
New context, new content—Rethinking genital anatomy in textbooks	10
Foundations and guidelines for high‐quality three‐dimensional models using photogrammetry: A technical note on the future of neuroanatomy education	10
Reconsidering laboratory‐based anatomy within the backdrop of digital transformation: Bringing an old practice into a new world	10
Adaptation of an anatomy graduate course in ultrasound imaging from in‐person to live, remote instruction during the Covid‐19 pandemic	10
Bringing anatomy to life: Evaluating a novel ultrasound curriculum in the anatomy laboratory	10
Mexican Educators Survey on Anatomical Sciences Education and a Review of World Tendencies	10
Covid‐19: Emerging Considerations for Body Sourcing and Handling. A Perspective View from Nigeria	10
Assessing Anatomy Education: A Perspective from Design	10
Real Or Not Real: The Impact of the Physical Fidelity of Virtual Learning Resources on Learning Anatomy	10
Clay‐Based Modeling in the Anatomist's Toolkit: A Systematic Review	9
How students discern anatomical structures using digital three‐dimensional visualizations in anatomy education	9
What Use is Anatomy in First Opinion Small Animal Veterinary Practice? A Qualitative Study	9
Educational Interventions to Improve Dental Anatomy Carving Ability of Dental Students: A Systematic Review	9
The role of spatial ability in mixed reality learning with the HoloLens	9
Scoping review: The use of augmented reality in clinical anatomical education and its assessment tools	9
Anatomists' uses of human skeletons: Ethical issues associated with the India bone trade and anonymized archival collections	9
Dynamic three‐dimensional virtual environment to improve learning of anatomical structures	9
Introducing Children to Anatomy: “Getting to Know Our Bodies: The First Step Toward Becoming a Scientist”	9
Pre‐Clinical Medical Students' Use of Motivational and Cognitive Study Strategies During Anatomy Learning: A Three‐Year Cross‐Sectional Survey	8
Development of a Novel Peer‐sharing Application to Supplement Learning from Cadaveric Dissection	8
Anticipatory Feelings About Dissection: An Exercise for the First Day of a Gross Anatomy Course	8
Three‐Dimensional Tooth Models with Pulp Cavity Enhance Dental Anatomy Education	8
Mixed and Augmented Reality: Distinct Terms, Different Anatomy Teaching Potential	8
Decreased sympathetic cardiovascular influences and hormone‐physiological changes in response to Covid‐19‐related adaptations under different learning environments	8
Augmented and virtual reality in anatomy education: Can they be effective if they do not provide immersive experience?	8
Universal design for learning in anatomy education of healthcare students: A scoping review	8
Factors impacting the rapid transition of anatomy curricula to an online environment in response to Covid‐19	8
Fear of Death and Examination Performance in a Medical Gross Anatomy Course with Cadaveric Dissection	8
The anatomy of agency: Improving academic performance in first‐year university students	8
Musculoskeletal ultrasound training encourages self‐directed learning and increases confidence for clinical and anatomical appreciation of first‐year medical students	8
Faculty retirements will likely exacerbate the anatomy educator shortage	8
Three‐dimensional printing in anatomy education: Is it similarly useful for teaching of all anatomical regions and structures?	7
Evaluating the integration of body donor imaging into anatomical dissection using augmented reality	7
Anatomy Terminology Performance is Improved by Combining Jigsaws, Retrieval Practice, and Cumulative Quizzing	7
Decline of Cadaveric Dissection in Anatomy Education During the Covid‐19 Pandemic: Can it Affect Future Surgeons’ Competency?	7
Breaking the norm: Anatomical variation and its key role in medical education	7
Is There a Correlation Between How Medical Students Study and Prepare for Anatomy and the Reasons Why They Find Anatomy Difficult?	7
Enhancing Anatomical Instruction: Impact of a Virtual Canine Anatomy Program on Student Outcomes	7
Development and implementation of a three‐dimensional (3D) printing elective course for health science students	7
Autopsy‐Based Learning is Essential But Underutilized in Medical Education: A Questionnaire Study	7
Virtual anatomy and point‐of‐care ultrasonography integration pilot for medical students	7
Evaluating AI‐powered text‐to‐image generators for anatomical illustration: A comparative study	7
Fostering uncertainty tolerance in anatomy education: Lessons learned from how humanities, arts and social science (HASS) educators develop learners' uncertainty tolerance	7
Educating Future Doctors in Covid‐19 Times: Anatomists Lead the Way!	7
Spending Wisely: The Role of Cost and Value Research in the Pursuit of Advancing Anatomical Sciences Education	7