Division of Anatomical Sciences Office of Medical Education

Thomas R. Gest, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anatomy Director of Medical Gross Anatomy Director of the Anatomical Donations Program 3742 Med Sci II (734) 764-4389 Email: (gest@umich.edu) Community of Science Profile Publications listed on PubMed

Focused on the development of innovative computer-based educational materials for anatomy. Directed the development of the Anatomy Project series of CD-ROM programs. Projects ongoing in the areas of virtual reality using QuickTime VR and the Visible Human data.

Representative Publications:

1. Newton BW, Barthold JS and Gest TR: Peptidergic innervation of the cremaster nucleus. II. Cell & Tissue Research, in press.
2. Olson TR, Gest TR, Backus D and Swayne GM: A.D.A.M. - Animated Dissection of Anatomy for Medicine Software: A multimedia interface for the universal integration of medical knowledge as well as an interactive learning system in human anatomy. Intelligent Tutoring Media. in press.
3. Tank PW and Gest TR: The UAMS Department of Anatomy World Wide Web site. J. Med. Ed. Tech. 1996; 6(2):22-23.
4. Gest TR: Using technology to learn how to use technology to teach. J. Med. Ed. Tech. 1996; 6(2):4-7.
5. Tank PW and Gest TR: Development of an anatomy educational network within a modern human gross anatomy dissection laboratory. J. Med. Ed. Tech. 1996; 6(1):17-23.
6. Hutchins LF, Fulper-Smith M, Deloney L, Gest TR, Roberson PK, Berry DH: Evaluation of computer-based cancer education modules at the Arkansas Cancer Research Center. J. Med. Ed. Tech. 1996; 6(1):4-9.

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