Angiography: How to Change Clinical Anatomy Teaching to Scholarships in Education

Four angiographic anatomy tutorials were developed, peer‐reviewed and published online in MedEdPORTAL of the AAMC, and made available free for global use. The objective is to change the gross anatomy teaching and its clinical application to scholarships in education. Their rationale was to stimulate active self‐directed learning by integrating clinical application into a structured format that is readily accessible for local and distance learning. The tutorials complemented learning activities of the beginner health care professionals by providing them with opportunities for self‐assessment through quizzes. Some tutorials were accessed more than 100 times in less than 10 months. Users were from six continents, i.e., North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, although the majority being from the United States. Usage report data from these peer‐reviewed and published projects showed there was a total of 537 unique users from 111 countries downloading. 42% of total downloads were for teaching or training and 41% were for self‐directed learning. Others accessed them for curriculum development (12.6%), and a few used them for assessment and evaluation (4%). Local students love them because they are interactive, easy to use, have Q/A assessment and clinical application (score 4.7 out of 5, Leikert Scale). In conclusion, these teaching tools at WVU are recognized as publications, book chapters, or atlases. Authors use them as interactive learning modules for medical and dental students. Administrators evaluate them for merit adjustment, teaching awards, and for promotion and tenure purposes.