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Google Glass: Integrating Ultrasound with Anatomy
Author(s) -
Lee Vaughan,
Bollinger Emily,
Shoujaa Adham
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.692.5
Subject(s) - likert scale , context (archaeology) , ultrasound , medicine , session (web analytics) , medical physics , wrist , medical education , radiology , psychology , computer science , world wide web , paleontology , developmental psychology , biology
Google Glass is wearable technology that can supplement instruction for procedures and skills. Google Glass was used to create online instructional modules to conduct ultrasound scans of the hepatobiliary system. Ultrasound imaging is an important tool for physicians at the point of care that requires a working knowledge and understanding of anatomy. TTUHSC/SOM incorporates ultrasound in undergraduate medical education, integrating these skills with anatomical dissections to provide a method of visualizing anatomy in a clinical context. Ultrasound sessions were integrated with dissection sessions of the wrist, neck and liver. These exercises were assessed with five point pre‐ and post‐tests for each session and average student performance increased (p<0.0001) from pre‐ to post‐test; wrist (2.71/4.20), neck (3.20/4.73), and liver (2.89/4.45). Student opinion was assessed by survey on a five‐point Likert scale. Improved understanding of anatomy scored 3.52 and students rated the Google Glass modules significantly higher (3.51, p<0.01) than the previous modules (3.13). Students were neutral regarding their perceived confidence to utilize ultrasound on patients but indicated a desire for better skills assessment and more deliberate practice with ultrasound, which could be enhanced using Google Glass for individual instruction. This project was funded by the TTUHSC/SOM.