Propose: Enabling medical students a better comprehension of anatomical structures and their relations in the body.
Materials and Methods: Learning anatomy in most medical schools worldwide has changed minimally in the last few centuries. Upon graduating, medical students discover difficulties in orienting themselves on a conventional chest X-ray or failing to recognize gross structures on an axial slice of a CT scan. Three sessions (total of six hours) of abdominal and pelvic radiology were combined into the syllabus of the anatomy course during 2016, at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. All third-year medical students (a total of 126 students) attended the sessions and learned to use the Portal Brilliance Workspace by PHILIPS © software to locate specific structures.
Results: Upon graduating the course the students demonstrated better understanding of anatomical structures and their relations in vivo, students also were able to better link anatomical knowledge with clinical scenario and finally attending the course also raised the interest in radiology as a discipline. Next year, anatomy course grades of student’s who attended radiology supplementation sessions will be compared with those who did not to validate objectively the subjective feelings of the students.
Conclusion: An addition of radiology lessons into the curriculum of medical schools might yield better medical practice in the upcoming years.
