Elsevier

The Lancet

Volume 357, Issue 9253, 3 February 2001, Pages 363-364
The Lancet

Research Letters
How medical students learn spatial anatomy

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Summary

Despite its importance in clinical tasks, spatial learning is poorly understood. We did a randomised, single-blind study on 146 medical students to assess the effectiveness of student-controlled multiple views on the spatial learning process. High spatial ability of the student, and self-directed examination of an object from multiple different perspectives improves spatial learning.

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