Embryology Education

Introduction

The very size and dynamic nature of embryonic development has always made it a difficult topic to teach. The structures are always so small and the changing nature of development means that a feature you identify at any one time is called, and becomes something else, at a later stage.

Models made from many different media (papier-mâché, ceramic, wax or plastic) not the "animal models" described elsewhere on this site, are very useful in that they make tangible the microscopic structures to the students. Models have been in use for some time in the medical teaching of human development with the original plaster models now replaced by commercial modern plastic versions. Many of the early teaching models were not about development, but about the process of childbirth for doctor and midwife education.

A historic alternative to the use of teaching models, were series of plates and drawings found in textbooks and papers from the late 19th century onwards. At the beginning of the 20th century photography also came into play, seen mainly associated with embryos within the Carnegie collection.

Today there are many teaching and research movies developed to show specific developmental processes. This use of dynamic media most closely links to the dynamics seen in development.

Meeting Presentations

1. 2013 Australian Sonographers Association (ASA) Meeting
2. 2013 Australian Chapter, American Academy of Craniofacial Pain (AACP) Meeting
3. 2012 Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA) Meeting
4. Medicine Learning and Teaching Forum 2012 - Online Projects
5. 2012 Fetal ECHO Meeting
6. 2012 Learning & Teaching Seminar

Awards - 2011 ALTC Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

Embryology Models

Ziegler Model

Models made from many different media (papier-mâché, ceramic, wax or plastic) not the "animal models" described elsewhere on this site, are very useful in that they make tangible the microscopic structures to the students. Models have been in use for some time in the medical teaching of human development with the original plaster models now replaced by commercial modern plastic versions. Many of the early teaching models were not about development, but about the process of childbirth for doctor and midwife education.

A historic alternative to the use of teaching models, were series of plates and drawings found in textbooks and papers from the late 19th century onwards. At the beginning of the 20th century photography also came into play, seen mainly associated with embryos within the Carnegie collection.

LInks: Embryology Models

Movies

Movie LInks: Movies | Quicktime Movies | Flash Movies | Animation | Category:Quicktime | Category:Flash

Student Teaching Projects

1. Science Student Projects | Science
2. Medicine Student Projects | Medicine

Mobile Access

1. Mobile Access
2. Cloud Embryology

External Links

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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, May 8) Embryology Embryology Education. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Embryology_Education

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