Papercraft temporal bone in the first step of anatomy education

Publication date: Available online 17 August 2016
Source:Auris Nasus Larynx
Author(s): Harukazu Hiraumi, Hiroaki Sato, Juichi Ito
Objective(1) To compare temporal bone anatomy comprehension taught to speech therapy students with or without a papercraft model. (2) To explore the effect of papercraft simulation on the understanding of surgical approaches in first-year residents.Methods(1) One-hundred and ten speech therapy students were divided into three classes. The first class was taught with a lecture only. The students in the second class were given a lecture and a papercraft modeling task without instruction. The third class modeled a papercraft with instruction after the lecture. The students were tested on their understanding of temporal bone anatomy. (2) A questionnaire on the understanding of surgical approaches was completed by 10 residents before and after the papercraft modeling. The papercraft models were cut with scissors to simulate surgical approaches.Results(1) The average scores were 4.4/8 for the first class, 4.3/8 for the second class, and 6.3/8 for the third class. The third class had significantly better results than the other classes (p<0.01, Kruskal–Wallis test). (2) The average scores before and after the papercraft modeling and cutting were 2.6/7 and 4.9/7, respectively. The numerical rating scale score significantly improved (p<0.01, Wilcoxon signed-rank test).ConclusionThe instruction of the anatomy using a papercraft temporal bone model is effective in the first step of learning temporal bone anatomy and surgical approaches.



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