Abstract

• Undergraduate education is moving away from didactic teaching towards more self-directed learning. E-learning is an increasingly popular and valuable mode of learning. Peer Learning or Peer-assisted learning (PAL) can also offer better engagement, deeper understanding and learning by students. We therefore aim to help and guide our medical students to produce a web-based eLearning module on applied clinical anatomy in General Surgery and Orthopaedics for fellow medical students.
• Anatomy is taught in pre-clinical years, but the clinical application of the anatomical knowledge is often not appreciated due to lack of clinical knowledge. The cause of surgical patient’s symptoms can often be deducted by understanding the relevant clinical anatomy and physiology. Appreciation of 3D anatomical relationship to surrounding structures can help to better understand the difficulties faced during surgery and potential risks and complications.
• We propose to produce easy to understand clinically relevant applied anatomy through anatomically annotated clinical examination and live operations by collaborative work with students, surgeons, anatomists and IT team. This will allow students an opportunity to produce learning materials in the format they want and will use. This project will also help the future teachers learn the process involved in producing e-learning materials.