Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK.
Anat Sci Educ. 2012 Sep-Oct;5(5):256-63. doi: 10.1002/ase.1295. Epub 2012 Jun 29.
Recognition of anatomical landmarks in live animals (and humans) is key for clinical practice, but students often find it difficult to translate knowledge from dissection-based anatomy onto the live animal and struggle to acquire this vital skill. The purpose of this study was to create and evaluate the use of an equine anatomy rug ("Anato-Rug") depicting topographical anatomy and key areas of lung, heart, and gastrointestinal auscultation, which could be used together with a live horse to aid learning of "live animal" anatomy. Over the course of 2 weeks, 38 third year veterinary students were randomly allocated into an experimental group, revising topographical anatomy from the "Anato-Rug," or a control group, learning topographical anatomy from a textbook. Immediately post activity, both groups underwent a test on live anatomy knowledge and were retested 1 week later. Both groups then completed a questionnaire to ascertain their perceptions of their learning experiences. Results showed that the experimental groups scored significantly higher than the control group at the first testing session, experienced more enjoyment during the activity and gained more confidence in identifying anatomical landmarks than the control group. There was not a significant difference in scores between groups at the second testing session. The findings indicate that the anatomy rug is an effective learning tool that aids understanding, confidence, and enjoyment in learning equine thorax and abdominal anatomy; however it was not better than traditional methods with regards to longer term memory recall.
在活体动物（包括人类）中识别解剖学标志是临床实践的关键，但学生通常发现很难将基于解剖的知识转化到活体动物上，并且难以掌握这一重要技能。本研究的目的是创建和评估一种马解剖学地毯（“Anato-Rug”）的使用，该地毯描绘了地形解剖学以及肺部、心脏和胃肠道听诊的关键区域，可与活体马一起使用，以帮助学习“活体”解剖学。在两周的时间里，38 名三年级兽医学生被随机分配到实验组，从“Anato-Rug”中复习地形解剖学，或对照组，从教科书中学习地形解剖学。在活动结束后立即对两组进行活体解剖知识测试，并在一周后进行第二次测试。然后，两组都完成了一份问卷，以确定他们对学习体验的看法。结果表明，实验组在第一次测试中的得分明显高于对照组，实验组在活动中感到更愉快，并且比对照组更有信心识别解剖学标志。在第二次测试中，两组之间的分数没有显著差异。研究结果表明，解剖学地毯是一种有效的学习工具，有助于理解、增强信心和提高学习马胸部和腹部解剖学的兴趣；然而，就长期记忆的回忆而言，它并不比传统方法更好。
