an@tomedia

A New Approach TO Medical Education: Developments In Anatomy

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About the Authors

  • an@tomedia™ was produced by the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Melbourne, Australia.

Dr. Norman Eizenberg

Dr Eizenberg (MBBS) is Senior Lecturer in anatomy at the University of Melbourne. He is also a general medical practitioner. His major academic role is coordinator of the anatomy teaching program for medical students (since 1980), while his major role in an@tomedia(tm) is project leader, coordinator of the Regions perspective and supervision of text for all perspectives. Dr. Eizenberg is also responsible for postgraduate teaching of anatomy to surgeons in training. His major areas of research and publications are in student learning and medical education and in anatomical variations. He was also a member of the curriculum review committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (1982 - 2000) and is currently a member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Anatomy Committee (since 2004). Dr. Eizenberg has been awarded the 2000 Universitas 21 teaching fellowship for educational innovation, in recognition of his work on an@tomedia™.

Associate Professor Christopher Briggs

Dr. Briggs (DipEd, BSc, MSc, PhD) is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne. He is also a forensic osteologist, and has a PhD in exercise physiology. His major academic role is coordinator of the anatomy teaching program for physiotherapy and science students (since 1982), while his major role in an@tomedia(tm) is coordinator of the Systems perspective and terminology editor for all perspectives. Dr. Briggs is also responsible for postgraduate teaching of anatomy to manipulative physiotherapists. His major areas of research and publications are in functional and applied anatomy and in forensic anthropology.

Dr. Priscilla Barker

Dr. Barker (B.App.Sci (Physio), PhD) is Senior Tutor and Prosector at the University of Melbourne. Her major academic role is coordinator of dissections for all courses, while her major role in an@tomedia(tm) is coordinator of the Dissection perspective as well as supervision of images for dissection, systems and regions perspectives. Ms. Barker is involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in physiotherapy and science. Her major area of research and publications are on the lumbar spine and its fasciae.

Professor Ivica Grkovic

Professor Grkovic (MD, MSc, PhD) is Professor and Head of Anatomy at the University of Split, Croatia and an Honorary Senior Fellow at the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Melbourne. He is a qualified medical practitioner with a Masters degree in radiological anatomy and a PhD in neuroscience. His major academic role is coordination of the anatomy teaching programs for medical and health sciences students while his major role in an@tomedia(tm) is coordination of the Imaging perspective, including supervision of images. His major areas of research and publications are in the autonomic nervous system and neurobiology.

 

Credits

Content Developers
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Melbourne

Principal Authors

Norman Eizenberg
Christopher A Briggs
Priscilla J Barker
Ivica Grkovic

 

Contributing Authors

Alex Pitman
Craig G Adams
Michael Murphy
Priti Pandey

Content Contribution

Henoh Dolezal
Zdenek Dubrava
Jeremy Grummet

 

Dissection

Priscilla Barker
Matt Jackson
Kattharine Guggenheimer

Illustration

Priscilla Barker
Sian M Fairbank
Quang Minh Phan
Diana Keshtiar
Ivica Grkovic
Belinda Robinson

Photography

Stuart Thyer
Michelle Gough

Digital Imaging

Stuart Thyer
Priscilla Barker
Emily Brink
Diana Keshtiar
Belinda Robinson
Henoh Dolezal

Interface Design

Chris Hanger
Gavin Leys
Matthew Riddle
Daniel Robertson

   

Software Developers

Software Development Management

Ric Canale

Graphic Design

Gavin Leys

Programming

Daniel Robertson

 

 

Graphic Design Supervision

Chris Hanger

Programming Support

Gordon Yau

Interface Design

Chris Hanger
Gavin Leys
Matthew Riddle
Daniel Robertson

Programming Supervision

Matthew Riddle

 

Audio Engineering

Russell Evans

Software Testing

Daniel Jones
Ashley Freeman
Tina Bryant
Katharine Guggenheimer

Video Engineering

Russell Evans

Web Site Development

Cathy Garrivan
Gavin Leys
Matthew Riddle
Daniel Robertson

Quicktime VR

David Adam

   

Clinical Consulting

G Ian Taylor
Maurice Brygel
Jeremy Grummet
Peter Danne
Finlay Macrae
Joe Tjandra
Mathew Lynch
Karl Alexander
Jeff Wassertheil
Gerry Ahern
Mahadev Krishnan
Dinesh Sivaratnam
Paul Sparks
Stephen Parnis
Afif Hadj
John Beynon
Robert Heng
Peter Dwyer
Helen O’Connell
Tony Costello
Anna Rosamilia
Don Murphy
Paul Rosenberg
Fiona Stewart

 

Research Assistance

Fiona Lee
David Topchian

Educational Consulting

Cyril Driver
David M Kennedy

Editorial Consulting

Marius Fahrer
Colin Wendell-Smith
Gerry Ahern
Jenny Hayes
Claude Fahrer

 

Evaluation

David M Kennedy
Gregor Kennedy


Terminology Editor

Christopher Briggs

Script Editing

Kate Sumner

Testing

Daniel Jones
Daniel Robertson

 

Special Thanks

Provision of images

Jim de Jong
Robert Heng
Olivia Morris
Michael Fanatzis
Sean Mackay
Barry O’Reilly
Afif Hadj
Martin Richardson
Rathan Subramaniam
Andrew Rotstein
Andrew Bonollo
John Gelman
Simon Knight
Fred Daniel
David Webb
Bill Fleming
John O’Donnell
Simon Banting
Robert Gibson
William Edwards
Andrew Beischer
Phillip Slattery
John Crock
John Vrazas
Monica Pahuja


Preparation of models

Matt Jackson
Scott Robbins
Ron Taylor
Priscilla Barker
Ivica Grkovic
Jason Schneider

 

Isolated dissections

Scott Robbins
Erica Livett
Marius Fahrer
Lea Goh
Simon Rosalie
Balvindar Kaur

Prototype drawings

Terry Wu
Yun Fan Lu

Prototype design

Darren Williams
Richard Fox
Kerry Butcher
Peter Blecher
Dan Eaves

Research assistance

Fiona Lee
David Topchian

Administrative Assistance

Julie Carter

 

 

Grant Acknowledgements

CUTSD (Committee for University Teaching and Staff Development; formerly CAUT)

The University of Melbourne (T&L(M&ET)C; Teaching and Learning Multimedia and Educational Technology Committee)

Faculty Information Technology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne

Acknowledgements

Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, The University of Melbourne

Courseware Development (formerly Multimedia Education Unit), TeLaRS, The University of Melbourne

Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital

Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital

Diagnostic Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine

The Visible Human Project (National Library of Medicine)

Biomedical Multimedia Unit (University of Melbourne)

Cardiology Unit, Monash Medical Centre

The Radiology Department, Ballarat Health Services

Department of Radiology, Western Hospital

Awards

an@tomedia™ was voted 'Best CDROM' at the 1999 ASCILITE (Australian Society for Computers In Learning In Tertiary Education) Awards.

'An evaluation of design factors in interactive multimedia' (D. Kennedy, N. Eizenberg, G. Kennedy) was jointly awarded 'best paper' at the 1999 ASCILITE conference (Brisbane).

Awarded "Best General Multimedia" at the ATOM Awards 2003. (see link from home page)

an@tomedia Team Photo

 

Stuart Thyer (photography & digital imaging) Chris Briggs (author-systems) Chris Briggs (author-systems) Priscilla Barker (digital imaging & author- dissection) Priscilla Barker (digital imaging & author- dissection) Daniel Roberston (chief programmer) Daniel Roberston (chief programmer) Gavin Leys (graphic design) Ric Canale (multimedia) Norm Eizenberg (project leader & author- regions) Matthew Riddle (programming) Ivica Grkovic (author- imaging) Daniel Jones (testing)