"Hand as Foot Teaching Method" Application in Upper Cervical Anatomy and Common Diseases

Abstract Background“Hand as Foot teaching method” has been applied to the clinical teaching of various orthopaedic subspecialties and achieved good results, but it has not been carried out in the specialized teaching of spine surgery, especially the upper cervical spine. The orthopedics teaching team of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University applied this teaching method to the clinical teaching of atlantoaxial anatomical relationships and common atlantoaxial diseases.MethodsThe "Hand as Foot Teaching Method" was used to teach key and difficult points for master students of osteology in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, supplemented by PPT + anatomical specimens to assist the teaching process.Results"Hand as Foot Teaching Method" can concretize the complex anatomical structure of upper cervical vertebra, thus deepening students' understanding and memory of difficult points, enhancing teacher-student interaction and activating the teaching atmosphere.Conclusion"Hand as Foot Teaching Method" can be applied to the clinical teaching of atlantoaxial knowledge. Compared with the simple application of PPT + model teaching, this teaching method is more helpful for students to grasp difficulties quickly and in three dimensions, significantly improve the teaching quality, and can even be applied to preoperative doctor-patient communication. It has application and promotion value in clinical teaching of spinal surgery.

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The innovation and practice of “Hand as Foot teaching method” in the teaching of motion system injury course

BMC Medical Education ◽

10.1186/s12909-021-02944-w ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Bin He ◽

Qiang Li ◽

Jianmin Zhao ◽

Rui Liu ◽

Yizhou Li ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Inner Mongolia ◽

Clinical Teaching ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Student Interaction ◽

Teacher Student ◽

Motion System ◽

Teaching Aids ◽

Teacher Student Interaction ◽

Medical University

Abstract Background In view of the teaching characteristics of the motion system injury course and the actual clinical teaching. The orthopedic teaching team of the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University took the lead in proposing the "Hand as Foot teaching method" and applied it in clinical teaching. Through this teaching method, students’ understanding and memorization of key and difficult issues in motion system injuries are strengthened, teacher-student interaction is increased, and teaching effect is improved. Methods The "Hand as Foot teaching method" was used to teach the key and difficult problems to the clinical undergraduate medical students of Inner Mongolia Medical University, and the teaching process was complemented by PPT + model teaching aids. Results The "Hand as Foot teaching method" is generally welcomed by medical students and has achieved good teacher-student interaction, and is effective in understanding and remembering difficult knowledge points. Conclusion The "Hand as Foot teaching method" is a novel teaching method that can be applied in clinical teaching. This image teaching method improves the teaching effect, enlivens the classroom atmosphere, and enhances the interaction between teachers and students, which makes students’ learning process from abstract to intuitive, from simple rote memorization to comprehension and memory, and achieves satisfactory results. It can complement each other with the traditional teaching method of pure PPT + teaching aids model, and to some extent it is worth promoting in the motion system injury courses.

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Design and Realization of Online Teaching Platform Based on WebPlus in Medical University

ITM Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/itmconf/20192502003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

pp. 02003 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Qinglian Yu ◽

Tao Qi

Keyword(s):

Online Teaching ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Teaching Quality ◽

Teaching Resources ◽

Teaching Platform ◽

Management Platform ◽

Teaching Characteristics ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

And Function ◽

Medical University

Online teaching platform is a teaching method that advocates the guidance of teachers and focuses on students. The traditional teaching mode can't meet the education mode in the information age, the position and function of teaching platform and teaching resources in the teaching activities of teachers and students are becoming more and more obvious. Based on the management platform of the website group, this paper builds a online teaching platform conforming to the teaching characteristics of medical colleges, aiming at completing the intellectualization of the teaching platform and effectiveness of the design of teaching resources, stimulating students' enthusiasm for learning and improving teachers' teaching quality.

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Application Effect of Clinical Pathway Teaching Method in Clinical Teaching of Cardiology

Journal of Clinical and Nursing Research ◽

10.26689/jcnr.v4i4.1335 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Xiaopeng Wu ◽

Hongmei Shangguan ◽

Leisen Han ◽

Tongchao Xing

Keyword(s):

Clinical Pathway ◽

Clinical Teaching ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Reference Group ◽

Teaching Quality ◽

Double Blind ◽

Satisfaction Degree ◽

Examination Result ◽

Experimental Group ◽

Assessment Results

Objective: To study the clinical effect of applying clinical pathway teaching method in clinical teaching of cardiology. Methods: This paper verifies and calculates that 50 interns working in cardiology department in our hospital from October 2016 to October 2019 are divided into groups and compared in the form of double-blind method. The reference group (N=25) uses traditional teaching methods, and the experimental group (N=25) uses clinical pathway teaching method. The satisfaction degree, teaching quality, theoretical assessment results, operation assessment and comprehensive assessment results of interns in the experimental group and the reference group are compared. Results: The satisfaction degree, theoretical examination result, operation examination, comprehensive examination result, improvement of team spirit, professional quality, improvement of professional ethics, standardized diagnosis and treatment, improvement of clinical problem handling ability, stimulation of learning interest and cultivation of clinical thinking of the interns in the experimental group were compared with those of the reference group(P<0.05), showing the value of statistical comparison and demonstration between data indexes. Conclusion: The application of clinical path-teaching method in clinical teaching of cardiology can improve the clinical teaching effect and teaching quality.

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Evaluation of Teaching Effect in Higher Educational Institutions and Identification of Its Influencing Factors

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) ◽

10.3991/ijet.v16i17.24901 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (17) ◽

pp. 226

Author(s):

Huizhen Wang ◽

Jinghua Cui

Keyword(s):

Student Teaching ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

Capital Investment ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Close Correlation ◽

Teaching Quality ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Higher Educational Institutions ◽

Teacher Student ◽

Higher Educational

For higher educational institutions, teaching effect evaluation is necessary for improving teaching quality and reforming teaching mode. The evaluation has a long-lasting effect on the growth of students, and a close correlation with the immediate interests of every teacher. This paper evaluates the teaching effect and its influencing factors for the undergraduate education in ordinary colleges. It was found that the teaching effect is mainly affected by factors in four dimensions: teacher, student, teaching method, and teaching environment. Then, the authors reformed the teaching method, and tested its performance. The results show that the reformed teaching method improved the professional English ability of students more significantly than the ordinary teaching method. Therefore, higher educational schools are suggested to establish a set of scientific, reasonable, and practical evaluation methods for teaching effect, reflecting the teaching requirements, policies, faculty, and capital investment. The research findings lay the foundation for the long-term healthy development of higher education.

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Endonasal Surgery of the Upper Cervical Spine: A Morphometric Analysis

Skull Base ◽

10.1055/s-2008-1093170 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 18 (S 01) ◽

Author(s):

Harminder Singh ◽

Bartosz Grobelny ◽

Adam Flanders ◽

Marc Rosen ◽

Paul Schiffmacher ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cervical Spine ◽

Morphometric Analysis ◽

Upper Cervical Spine ◽

Endonasal Surgery ◽

Upper Cervical

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Defining the Nasopalatine Line: Anatomic Limitations for Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery of the Odontoid Process and Upper Cervical Spine

Skull Base ◽

10.1055/s-2008-1093252 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 18 (S 01) ◽

Author(s):

John de Almeida ◽

Adam Zanation ◽

Ricardo Carrau ◽

Amin Kassam ◽

Carl Snyderman

Keyword(s):

Cervical Spine ◽

Odontoid Process ◽

Upper Cervical Spine ◽

Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery ◽

Endonasal Surgery ◽

Endoscopic Endonasal ◽

Upper Cervical

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Data on Orientation to Happiness in Higher Education Institutions from Mexico and El Salvador

Data ◽

10.3390/data5010027 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 27

Author(s):

Domingo Villavicencio-Aguilar ◽

Edgardo René Chacón-Andrade ◽

Maria Fernanda Durón-Ramos

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

El Salvador ◽

Latin American ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽

Teacher Student ◽

And Gender ◽

Student’S T

Happiness-oriented people are vital in every society; this is a construct formed by three different types of happiness: pleasure, meaning, and engagement, and it is considered as an indicator of mental health. This study aims to provide data on the levels of orientation to happiness in higher-education teachers and students. The present paper contains data about the perception of this positive aspect in two Latin American countries, Mexico and El Salvador. Structure instruments to measure the orientation to happiness were administrated to 397 teachers and 260 students. This data descriptor presents descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation), internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha), and differences (Student’s t-test) presented by country, population (teacher/student), and gender of their orientation to happiness and its three dimensions: meaning, pleasure, and engagement. Stepwise-multiple-regression-analysis results are also presented. Results indicated that participants from both countries reported medium–high levels of meaning and engagement happiness; teachers reported higher levels than those of students in these two dimensions. Happiness resulting from pleasure activities was the least reported in general. Males and females presented very similar levels of orientation to happiness. Only the population (teacher/student) showed a predictive relationship with orientation to happiness; however, the model explained a small portion of variance in this variable, which indicated that other factors are more critical when promoting orientation to happiness in higher-education institutions.

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A 3D-Printed Model-Assisted Cervical Spine Instrumentation after Tumor Resection in a 4-Year-Old Child: A Case Report

Pediatric Neurosurgery ◽

10.1159/000514248 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Marko Jug

Keyword(s):

Cervical Spine ◽

3D Model ◽

Intraoperative Complications ◽

Tumor Resection ◽

Upper Cervical Spine ◽

Spine Instrumentation ◽

Cord Injury ◽

Spinal Navigation ◽

Upper Cervical ◽

3D Printed

Introduction: In the case of tumor resection in the upper cervical spine, a multilevel laminectomy with instrumented fixation is required to prevent kyphotic deformity and myelopathy. Nevertheless, instrumentation of the cervical spine in children under the age of 8 years is challenging due to anatomical considerations and unavailability of specific instrumentation. Case Presentation: We present a case of 3D-printed model-assisted cervical spine instrumentation in a 4-year-old child with post-laminectomy kyphotic decompensation of the cervical spine and spinal cord injury 1 year after medulloblastoma metastasis resection in the upper cervical spine. Due to unavailability of specific instrumentation, 3D virtual planning was used to assess and plan posterior cervical fixation. Fixation with 3.5 mm lateral mass and isthmic screws was suggested and the feasibility of fixation was confirmed “in vitro” in a 3D-printed model preoperatively to reduce the possibility of intraoperative implant-spine mismatch. Intraoperative conditions completely resembled the preoperative plan and 3.5 mm polyaxial screws were successfully used as planned. Postoperatively the child made a complete neurological recovery and 2 years after the instrumented fusion is still disease free with no signs of spinal decompensation. Discussion/Conclusion: Our case shows that posterior cervical fixation with the conventional screw-rod technique in a 4-year-old child is feasible, but we suggest that suitability and positioning of the chosen implants are preoperatively assessed in a printed 3D model. In addition, a printed 3D model offers the possibility to better visualize and sense spinal anatomy “in vivo,” thereby helping screw placement and reducing the chance for intraoperative complications, especially in the absence of intraoperative spinal navigation.

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