Prof-in-a-Box: Using Videoconferencing to Help Students in the Anatomy Dissection Lab

Time: Break Out Session # 3, 1:15 PM - 2:05 PM ET
MCCC Room:
IVC Remote Sites: Manheim Township SD, Bayside Academy, Montgomery County Community College, Binghamton University
Track: Health Sciences, Science and Technology

Description:
Distance learning technologies can be used to deliver lectures and to facilitate discussions between geographically dispersed groups. I designed an internet-videoconferencing system (Dr. PiB) that can be used to help students identify anatomical structures in the gross anatomy dissection lab at a remote site. The students were willing to use the system, were enthusiastic about the system, found it useful, and wanted to see its use expanded. I then modified Dr. PiB to make it WiFi capable and mobile. This allowed Dr. PiB to be used to guide/assist the students with performing their own dissections at a remote site. I am now modifying the system again to make use of post-PC technologies such as the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

About the Presenter:
Stephen J. Moorman, Ph.D. holds joint appointments in the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology and in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is also a UMDNJ Stuart D. Cook MD Master Educator, and a Harvard-Macy Medical Education Fellow. Dr. Moorman's research interest is in the use of technology in Medical Education and assessment.



Resources:

• Dr. Moorman's Presentation (PDF)
  
• Prof-in-a-Box Research Article (PDF)