Nanjundaiah Komala, Chowdapurkar Sheshgiri
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, MS Ramaiah Medical College , Bangalore, Karnataka, India - 560054.
J Clin Diagn Res. 2012 Oct;6(8):1405-8. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4700.2370.
The primary method of learning the surface anatomy is by making the students mark structures on mummified bodies. The students feel that learning the surface anatomy on mummified cadavers is not interesting. The present project on learning the surface anatomy through the body painting method was undertaken to evoke interest among the students.
Physiotherapy and dental undergraduate students who volunteered were involved in this study. A few surface anatomy classes were conducted by using the traditional method and a few more by using the body painting exercise. Non toxic body paints of various colours and brushes of different sizes were used for the body painting.
A feedback was obtained from the students by using a structured questionnaire. The students opined that the body painting method was advantageous to them in learning the human anatomy. They also felt that they could have more practice sessions in any setting other than in the classroom and that they did not need to rely upon the mummified bodies. They described the body painting method as self explanatory, which gave them the feel of live structures.
This project was successful in achieving its objectives as the students felt that the method was exciting, with lots of fun during the learning. The body painting method was well accepted by the students as an effective method for learning the surface and the clinical anatomy.
学习表面解剖学的主要方法是让学生在干尸上标记结构。学生们觉得在干尸上学习表面解剖学并不有趣。开展本通过人体彩绘方法学习表面解剖学的项目是为了激发学生的兴趣。
参与本研究的是自愿报名的物理治疗专业和牙科专业本科生。一些表面解剖学课程采用传统方法授课，另外一些则通过人体彩绘练习授课。人体彩绘使用了各种颜色的无毒人体彩绘颜料和不同尺寸的画笔。
通过使用结构化问卷从学生那里获得了反馈。学生们认为人体彩绘方法对他们学习人体解剖学很有帮助。他们还觉得除了在教室里，他们可以在任何环境下进行更多的练习，而且他们不需要依赖干尸。他们将人体彩绘方法描述为不言自明的，这让他们有了真实结构的感觉。
该项目成功实现了其目标，因为学生们觉得这种方法令人兴奋，在学习过程中有很多乐趣。人体彩绘方法作为学习表面解剖学和临床解剖学的有效方法，受到了学生们的广泛认可。
