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Table 1 Main features of the manuscripts included in this review (n = 29)

From: Tools and resources for neuroanatomy education: a systematic review

Features

Number (%)

Studies

Publication year

 2012–2016

15 (51.72)

I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV

 2007–2011

9 (31.03)

XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV

 2002–2007

1 (3.45)

XXV

 1966–2001

4 (13.79)

XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX

Place of the study

 Australia

 Canada

 India

 Poland

 Spain

 UK

 USA

2 (6.90)

1 (3.45)

1 (3.45)

1 (3.45)

1 (3.45)

4 (13.79)

19 (65.52)

XI, XIII

I

V

XVIII

VIII

II, III, XII, XXIII

IV, VI, VII, IX, X, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX

Type of participants

 Faculty members and students

1 (3.45)

XXII

 Master’s degree health care professional students

1 (3.45)

XXI

 Non-specified undergraduate students with neuroanatomy experience

4 (13.79)

VI, VIII, XI, XIII

 Participants without neuroanatomy experience

3 (10.34)

VII, IX, XVI

 Undergraduate or graduate biology students

3 (10.34)

XIV, XVII, XXIV

 Undergraduate biomedical students

1 (3.45)

II

 Undergraduate medical students

11 (37.93)

I, III, IV, V, XII, XVIII, XX, XXIII, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX

 Undergraduate psychology students

4 (13.79)

X, XIV, XV, XXVI

 Undergraduate or graduate physical/ocupational therapy students

3 (10.35)

XIX, XXIV, XXV

Number of participants

 + 201

3 (10.35)

II, XVIII, XXIII

 151–200

3 (10.35)

XIII, XXVII, XXVIII

 101–150

4 (13.79)

V, XI, XX, XXIX

 51–100

11 (37.93)

IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XII, XV, XVI, XIX, XXI, XXII,

 0–50

8 (27.59)

I, III, X, XIV, XVII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI

Teaching tool

 Digital tool

14 (50.00)

I, II, IV, VII, VIII, IX, XVI, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXV, XXVII

 Non-digital tool

14 (50.00)

III, V, VI, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVII, XXIV, XXVI, XXVIII, XXIX

Type of teaching tool

 3D computer neuroanatomy tools

 3D physical models

 Apps installed in tablets

 Case studies

 Computer-based neuroanatomy tools

 Equivalence-based instruction, EBI

 Face-to-face teaching

 Flipped classroom

 Inquiry-based laboratory instruction

 Intensive mode of delivery

 Interpolation of questions

 Near-peer teaching

 Renaissance artists’ depictions

 Self-instructional stations

 Truncated lectures, conceptual exercises and manipulatives

6 (21.43)

1 (3.57)

1 (3.57)

3 (10.71)

6 (21.43)

2 (7.14)

1 (3.57)

1 (3.57)

1 (3.57)

1 (3.57)

1 (3.57)

1 (3.57)

1 (3.57)

1 (3.57)

1 (3.57)

I, IV, VII, VIII, IX, XVI,

XX

II

XIV

XIX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXV, XXVII

III, XV

XIII

V

VI

XI

XXIX

XII

X

XXVIII

XXIV