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Eiman M Abdel Meguid¹, Jane C Holland², Iain D Keenan³

¹Centre for Biomedical Sciences Education, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK. e.abdel-meguid@qub.ac.uk.

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Embryology education requires updated teaching methods and visualization tools to address challenges in understanding complex developmental processes and congenital conditions. Evolving teaching strategies can improve learning relevance for medical students.

Keywords:

3D Animation Digital technology Innovative teaching Virtual reality Visualisation in embryology

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Developmental Biology
Clinical Anatomy

Background:

Embryology and congenital malformations are crucial in obstetrics and pediatrics.
Learning embryology involves understanding dynamic, time-sensitive morphological changes and clinical implications of developmental variations.
Current teaching methods, often didactic lectures with 2D visuals, present challenges due to the complexity, nonlinearity, and 3D/4D nature of embryonic development, increasing student cognitive load.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore evolving embryology teaching resources and methodologies for 21st-century education.
To review evidence-based studies on the implementation and impact of these resources on student learning.
To inform and support embryology educators and enhance student comprehension of complex developmental processes and congenital conditions.

Main Methods:

Literature review of existing embryology teaching resources and methodologies.
Analysis of evidence-based studies on the effectiveness of various teaching approaches.
Exploration of the impact of visualization tools and interactive methods on student learning.

Main Results:

Traditional didactic lectures with 2D visuals offer limited visualization and interactivity, posing challenges for students.
Case-based, problem-based learning, animations, and videos are utilized to demonstrate complex embryological processes.
There is a recognized need for advanced visualization resources and innovative teaching methodologies to enhance learning relevance.

Conclusions:

Embryology teaching must evolve to incorporate effective visualization and interactive methodologies.
Educational approaches should emphasize conceptual understanding of embryological processes and congenital conditions, linking pre-clinical and clinical disciplines.
Updated teaching strategies are essential to ensure embryology learning is relevant to real-world clinical scenarios and improves student outcomes.