Learning anatomy from the internet.

Abstract

Learning methodologies in anatomy have been revolutionised in the 21st century and, in accordance with adult learning principles, 1 students are exploring newer media for learning the subject. The internet is an emerging platform for learning anatomy worldwide, and this has been complemented by the availability of highquality, as well as easy to retrieve, online resources. 2 The internet is a phenomenal data resource, providing the user with numerous learning tools, and we suggest that a little assistance could be useful for helping students use the net more effectively for learning anatomy. We hypothesised that the perceptions of fi rstyear undergraduate students could be the basis for identifying the popular anatomy learning tools from the internet and analysing their effectiveness in actually assisting students to learn the subject. In our opinion this would be of considerable help to future medical students in learning anatomy from the internet.