Video Technology in Integrated Anatomy Education

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Anatomy education for the medical student requires integration with clinically orientated materials for better comprehension. One of the best media for this, especially in the developing world, is videotape‐‐an easily adaptable technology, requiring no complicated processing and amenable to ‘amateur’ shooting and editing. In‐house production of video materials, using simple techniques, is possible and can be used in teaching gross anatomy when there is a scarcity of cadavers for anatomical dissections. This article describes the non‐professional production of the first videotape of the Human Anatomy Videotape Project of the University of Port Harcourt. Student response to the videotape was very positive

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J. O. OGUNRANTI

Dr J. O. Ogunranti, a medical graduate of the University of Ife, Nigeria, practiced medicine briefly before joining the Anatomy Department of the New Medical School at Port Harcourt, initially as a lecturer and then as Acting Head. Since 1985 he has been pursuing research on in vitrofertilisation biotechnology at the University of Cambridge. He has published over 50 journal articles and three books