Development of 3D vision software for medical training: trainees’ assessment of learning effectiveness

This article presents a technological development that makes it possible to visualize the anatomy of the respiratory system in three dimensions (3D), embedded in magnetic resonance (MRI) serial sections in the coronal, sagittal, and axial planes. The relevant anatomical regions were delimited in the MRI sections with commercial software. This paper presents the opinion of students who have taken the subject of Human Anatomy on the use and management, for their learning, of interactive technological resources for the three-dimensional visualization of body structures. After the students had used a computer application developed by our working group, a satisfaction survey was presented to them to assess their interest in autonomous learning using this technological development. After the results were obtained, we can deduce that the students who used the interactive 3D vision application highlighted its high teaching value, as it is easy to use due to its intuitive interface. They considered this technological teaching resource to have a high degree of satisfaction in their teaching-learning process, given its 3D visual and dynamic nature. For all these reasons, the students considered using these resources to be very useful in their medical training, as opposed to the classic static anatomical atlases. Over the last few years, new technologies have significantly increased the number of applications in diagnostic imaging and medical training, specifically in the medical training in anatomy.