Production of 3D animation of renal pathology and its application in the teaching of Clinical Nephrology
Objective To explore the application effect of 3D animation of renal pathology in the teaching of Nephrology.Methods 3D animation of renal pathology was produced according to the teaching program.Undergraduate interns majoring in Clinical Medicine(5-years and 8-years pro-gramme)and Stomatology(5-years and 8-years programme)and residents in standardized training in the Department of Nephrology from May 2022 to August 2023 were selected and divided into the con-ventional teaching group and 3D animation group randomly(1∶1).After the teaching,theoretical knowledge exam was used to evaluate the teaching effect of the two groups,and questionnaire survey was applied to collect the satisfaction of teachers and students to the quality of 3D animation videos and the teaching process.Results 86 undergraduate interns and residents were included in this re-search.Compared with the traditional teaching of renal pathology,it took obviously less time with 3D animation[(11.2±1.2)min vs.(21.7±1.3)min,P<0.001].Students'score in the exam after being taught with 3D animation was(89.0±7.2),higher than that of the conventional teaching group(69.5±6.9,P<0.001).The overall satisfactions of teachers and students with this teaching method were 99.1%and 98.6%,respectively.The quality grade of 3D animation given by them was above 9.5 in all aspects.Conclusion This research successfully makes 3D animation of renal pathology.Applying 3D animation in the teaching of Nephrology achieves obviously better teaching effect than the conven-tional courseware.It is conducive to the implementation of the content of teaching program,the culti-vation of students'self-learning interest and ability,as well as the improvement of teaching efficiency.