Students overwhelmingly favored a hybrid approach combining VDTs with cadaveric dissection over full replacement¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? A strong consensus emerged that VDTs are best suited as complementary resources: e.g., 87.9% of students opposed complete replacement of cadaveric dissection and 85.6% preferred a hybrid approach. → Telecan Teodora 2025

Evidence¶

Telecan Teodora 2025¶

Telecan Teodora, Capraș Roxana-Denisa, Filip Gabriela Adriana, Bonea Maria, Crivii Carmen-Bianca. (2025). Dissection in the 21st century: virtual tables versus traditional methods and their influence on medical students' perception – a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07946-6

q2 · i? · review · r2

Perception study reported within the review: in Koney et al.'s survey after a full curriculum, "87.9% of students opposed complete replacing cadaveric dissection with the Anatomage Table, and 85.6% explicitly preferred a hybrid approach".

"Koney et al. [8] concluded that 87.9% of students opposed complete replacing cadaveric dissection with the Anatomage Table, and 85.6% explicitly preferred a hybrid approach."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Student satisfaction with VDTs ranged from 64 to 95%, with preference for VDT-exclusive learning low (2.4–30.2%) — a broader claim this one bears on
• Choice of anatomy teaching strategies depends on institutional resource availability, with well-equipped institutions combining traditional and modern approaches — related