Hands-on brain slicing activity based on Gagné’s instructional model: A novel pedagogy for mastering neuroanatomical cross sections

Abstract

Comprehending the cross sectional anatomy of brain is one of the ultimate objective of neuroanatomy teaching. We cannot deny the fact that any physician or radiologist or surgeon who is inclined towards neuroscience should be a master in interpreting the brain cross sections. However, the literature search on this topic hardly yields valuable educational pedagogies whereby neurology residents could learn brain cross sectional anatomy. We, in our institute, have developed an educational pedagogy to fit that purpose and we wish to disseminate the details of pedagogy alongside the cognitive principles involved in it. This pedagogy serves as a valuable bridge between anatomy and neurology. We feel that this topic is much salient in the contemporary era and would enable neurologists to try this in their corresponding institutes.

Keywords

• neuroanatomy
• cross sections
• pedagogy
• slicing