Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Spine, due to its complicated structure and special functions, is always the difficulty and emphasis in clinical practice and medical education. It is an interesting top how to apply modern software in clinical teaching.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the application of Spine Decide software in clinical teaching of spine surgery.
METHODS: Teachers can actively guide students to learn the diagnosis of spine diseases and to design surgery program using Spine Decide software. Then the students will participate in the surgical operation of the patients, which helps them better understand the diagnosis and treatment of spine surgery disease and the occurrence and development of spine diseases.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The students actively participated in the process of learning through Spine Decide software, which helps them learn systematically, structurally the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of spine diseases in a short period. Application of Spine Decide into teaching activities has greatly improved the students’ abilities in self-learning and clinical analysis. Their enthusiasm to the learning and creativity has been greatly improved compared to traditional teaching methods; innovation and exploration have breakthrough improvement, finally achieving a good teaching effect.

Key words: models, educational, models, anatomic, spine