Incorporating Augmented Reality Into Anatomy Education in a Contemporary Medical School Curriculum

Anatomy education in the medical school curriculum has encountered considerable challenges during the last decade. The exponential growth of medical science has necessitated a review of the classical ways to teach anatomy to shorten the time students spend dissecting, allowing them to acquire critical, new knowledge in other disciplines. Augmented and mixed reality technologies have developed tremendously during the last few years, offering a wide variety of possibilities to deliver anatomy education to medical students. Here, we provide a methodology to develop, deliver, and assess an anatomy laboratory course using augmented reality applications. We suggest a novel approach, based on Microsoft