Anatomy Lab comes alive at Flinders Medical Centre

Headset cameras which give a bird’s eye view of dissections are part of an extensive upgrade of Flinders Medicine’s high-tech anatomy lab, which will boost training across South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Upgraded IT, recording, screen and camera technology have been installed at the vibrant Gross Anatomy teaching space, adding to the suite of Anatomage tables and software already in use through-out the University’s medical training centres in Adelaide, Darwin, Mount Gambier and the Riverland.

Professor Rainer Haberberger from the College of Medicine and Public Health says the improvement in video-link capabilities will accelerate teaching exchange between Bedford Park and other Flinders sites, for example to teach the Anatomy and Pathology course in Darwin.

“New large screens, in combination with the Anatomage table and a GoPro-style headset camera, provide fresh opportunities to demonstrate high-quality, complex anatomical material to a large number of students,” says Professor Haberberger, who leads Anatomy and Histology, and the Centre for Neuroscience at Flinders University.

This functionality will increase teaching efficiency, with more students able to access and see relevant material – essential for a teaching area that can now accommodate up to 700 students each week.

The upgrade also provides the ability to record lecture material in two separate rooms, meaning visuals that are only available in the Gross Anatomy area can easily be shared.

Plans are also underway to expand the adjoining Anatomy Museum, with large collections of specimens from public hospitals coming out of storage for student and visitor viewing in late 2018.

 

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