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What a busy Saturday! We hope you got the opportunity to attend every session on your radar, but if not, we've curated a few brief session summaries below!
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Transdisciplinary Sights: Visualizing Anatomy across Fields to Better Student, Patient, and Industry Outcomes
What can we achieve when many voices and ideas from a variety of disciplines are brought into the anatomy space? Can the arts influence surgical outcomes? Will a trans-disciplinary approach create a better-integrated curriculum? Can a team of specialists create a tool to teach military medics necessary skills? The Trans-disciplinary Sights panel offered some potential answers to these questions.
- More arts and crafts, please!
- Dr. Yasmeen Mezil highlighted the many ways integrating art into anatomy can create a more engaging and collaborative environment, putting special emphasis on the work her team is doing. Look for their posters all weekend if you want to learn more.
- Start with the symptoms.
- Dr. Charys Martin showed how a trans-disciplinary approach to medical education can become a reality with a series of symptom-based cases that integrate anatomists, pathologists, and healthcare providers into an engaging learning experience that can be used for synchronous or asynchronous sessions.
- Lofty goals are often trans-disciplinary goals.
- Dr. Victoria Roach described the process of designing the Advanced Joint Airway Management Simulator (AJAMS), to create a mannequin that more closely resembles airway anatomy, while also intentionally creating specific male and female versions. This was a key component in the effort to provide better care to female soldiers.
Exploring the intersections of art, science, and education, the Trans-disciplinary Sights panel has shed light on innovative approaches that could reshape our understanding and teaching of anatomy. Whether it's through art-enhanced learning, symptom-centered case studies, or more accurate medical simulators, this confluence of expertise holds the promise of more comprehensive and effective anatomy education.
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Design Thinking and Visual Communication through the Lens of the Medical Illustrator
Anatomy is an incredibly visual discipline, but how can we convey complex ideas in a way that is effective and approachable? The Design Thinking and Visual Communication through the Lens of the Medical Illustrator session created a map to help navigate the process.
- See what can’t be seen.
- Dr. Christopher Smith began with an overview of medical illustration concepts and methods, challenging us to think in 3D. By utilizing the illustrator’s toolkit, we can shift our perspective, gain a deeper understanding of the spatial relationships of anatomical structures, and limit the perpetuation of the errors of past illustrators.
- Storytelling in Surgery.
- Joy Qu and Lesia Szyca showed the art of distilling hours of surgical footage into incredible 10-minute summaries that provide training and communication resources for surgeons and their patients, while also highlighting visual storytelling techniques that will benefit all of us. You can find their work at the Toronto Video Atlas of Surgery website and on YouTube.
- Beyond the Book
- It seems like keeping the learner in mind would be second nature to designers. However, educational resources often miss this crucial step, leading to something that is not aligned with the student’s level, is confusing, or just not usable on all devices. Dr. Shehryar Saharan and Naomi Robson walked us through the path of learner-centered design principles that will help create more effective resources.
Concluding an exploration into the intricate world of medical visualization, the "Design Thinking and Visual Communication through the Lens of the Medical Illustrator" session has armed us with innovative tools to transform invisible complexities into clear, educational visuals that keep the learner at the center of the design.
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Enhancing Anatomy Learning with 3-D Models
Anatomy educators are always looking for new ways to help their students visualize structures outside of the lab. The team from Wolters Kluwer showed the many options available to create vetted, customizable, and integrated 3D modules that complement other resources. From self-guided study with feedback to a full VR experience, there are many tools to help build your resource base. To learn more, visit the team at the Wolters Kluwer booth in the exhibit hall.
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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Drew Berry
The scene opens with subatomic particles pulsating in space. A slightly jarring cacophony builds in volume as we move through a world that is not our own, but simultaneously integral to life. A vibrant world develops on the screen, filled with motion, color, and sound. A dynamic living system grows until finally revealing the nucleus of a cell at the moment of division. This is the invisible microscopic world that keynote speaker Dr. Drew Berry brings to life by combining scientific data with animation software and video game engines.
- Revealing the hidden world.
- Blending amazing visuals with sound design and narration, Dr. Berry pulls the scientific jargon away. Making nebulous concepts vibrant and approachable. He finds the story in his science using sound and color to give character to subatomic particles and organelles.
- Chemistry of Life
- Ambitious doesn’t begin to describe the task of bringing the molecular world to the giant, domed screen of the Norrköping Visualization Center. Instead of the standard view of the galaxy, scaled the microscopic world to a massive size allowing hundreds of people to immerse themselves in the molecular world every day.
Dr. Drew Berry's mesmerizing journey into the cell challenges perceptions and expands understanding. His work magnifies the unseen tapestry of life, crafting a symphony of science that transcends scales and disciplines.
If you’d like to see Dr. Berry’s incredible work in visualizing molecular biology, visit the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research YouTube Page and download their augmented reality app.
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Next Up!
Sessions You Don't Want to Miss Tomorrow!
- We're All Ears! Coffee and Conversation with President Martine Dunnwald and President-Elect Anne Burrows | City Hall at 7:30 am
- Visualizing the #BirdAgenda: Integrating Novel Imaging Modalities into Avian Functional Morphology | Grand Centre at 10:30 am
- The VH Dissector: Clinically Relevant Sectional Anatomy | Sheraton Hall A at 12:15 pm
- Trivia Night | City Hall at 7:00 pm
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