Facilitating Student Understanding through Incorporating Digital Images and 3D-Printed Models in a Human Anatomy Course
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The article is written at this time, when we have confronted a complete shift from actual to virtual learning. At our medical school, we curtailed the Human Anatomy laboratory dissections due to the government shut down of all actual activities involving several people together at one time. All of our activities went virtual. We are now in the process of re-establishing our dissection laboratories for the incoming class of students. We are adopting Anatomage technology along with Acland dissection. We are firm believers in retaining actual dissection with cadavers along with all the aids that are available to augment the learning experience. The paper reviewed gives the impression that Riga Stadins University is abandoning the dissections lab. Can the authors clarify their position in this regard.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The authors raise an important issue concerning the use of modern forms of medical education. However, the presented manuscript is not of sufficient value to be published.
The methodology is chaotic, the description of the research tool and research methods are not distinguished. The authors did not indicate what methods and scales they used in assessing the satisfaction of participants and comparing the didactic methods. There is no control group. There is no information about the consent of the bioethics committee. No correlation of variables. The authors in the title suggest that the study concerns the assessment of knowledge and skills of students working with digital and 3D models. Meanwhile, the research tool is a "questionnaire" containing only 4 questions. On this basis, it is impossible to assess the level, and even less the possible increase in knowledge.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
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