3D Anatomy atlases for teaching Russian professional vocabulary to foreign medical students
- Authors: Al-Kaisi A.N.1,2, Gonchar M.S.1
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Affiliations:
- Sechenov first Moscow State Medical university (Sechenov university)
- Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
- Issue: Vol 23, No 3 (2025): THE HERITAGE OF THE BIBLE IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
- Pages: 518-535
- Section: Methods of Teaching Russian as a Native, Non-Native, Foreign Language
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2618-8163/article/view/348874
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2618-8163-2025-23-3-518-535
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/YHBXZF
- ID: 348874
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Implementation of modern and efficient approaches to successful language training of foreign medical students is an urgent and complex task in medical education. This course is especially difficult because Russian professional medical vocabulary is extensive, has complex morphological composition and is connected in its etymology with the Latin language. The aim of the study is to test the effectiveness of computer 3D anatomy atlases for learning medical professional vocabulary on the selected topics of the discipline ‘General Anatomy’ in Russian as a foreign language. The authors used theoretical (analysis, comparison, and generalization) and diagnostic (experimental training, testing, interview, and questionnaire) methods. The obtained data were tested for the statistical significance by means of Pearson’s Chi-squa re test and the calculation of P-value (P-value = 0.04). They showed the positive influence of anatomical 3D atlases on understanding and memorization of Russian professional vocabulary among first-year foreign medical students. The final tests (online test and interview) after 5-months of experimental training showed that the number of positive (4 “good” and 5 “excellent”) results among the students of the experimental groups exceeded the number of successful results of the control groups by 19%. In their questionnaires, the participants highly appreciated the visibility and effectiveness of the modern tools (33 per cent more positive responses) compared to traditional ones. The prospect of the further research in this area may include the creation and testing of a system of electronic interactive exercises and an electronic educational thesaurus with audio content as a special addition or add-on for the interface of modern 3D anatomy atlases.
About the authors
Alisa N. Al-Kaisi
Sechenov first Moscow State Medical university (Sechenov university); Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Author for correspondence.
Email: al-kajsi@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0919-4721
SPIN-code: 2648-2699
Ph.D. in Pedagogy, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) ; Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication, Faculty of International Economic Relations, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
3 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya St, bldg. 1, Moscow, 123242, Russian Federation ; 49 Leningradsky prospect, bldg. 2, Moscow, 125057, Russian FederationMaria S. Gonchar
Sechenov first Moscow State Medical university (Sechenov university)
Email: eveninghaze@gmail.com
SPIN-code: 8162-8814
Ph.D. in Philology, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication 3 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya St, bldg. 1, Moscow, 123242, Russian Federation
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