Skeleton models are important in facilitating student's easy retention and recollection of information in the future. These may assist students carry out hands-on practice in order to acquire and practice new skills that are relevant to first aid. The increasing number of medical institutions and medical students attracts the challenge of inadequate facilitation of the teaching and learning processes. This warrants a study and/or an exploration of an alternative solution such as wooden models in order to solve the problem of scarce and ethically restricted human teaching aids. Wooden pieces (50cm length x 20cm diameter) from a Jacaranda mimosifolia tree were prepared for the carving process and wooden replicas of human skulls were made. Two experimental groups of randomly selected medical students (60: Active and 60: Control) were separately taught using wooden and natural skull models respectively. The two groups were assessed and evaluated using the natural skull models to compare their understanding of the Anatomy of the skull. Additionally, opinion statements were collected from participants in the active group during the oral examination. Six (6) wooden skull models were produced and used for experimental study. Comparisons of academic scores (mean and median) between Active (students using the wooden skull) and control (students using natural skull) groups showed no statistical significant difference (P ≥ 0.05). Concerning the enhancement of learning skills; the wooden model was constructed in a way that would be able to enhance learning as it would be the natural skull. The wooden skull model, with more improvement in structural formation, can adequately facilitate the teaching and learning of anatomy of the Human skull. This project and the experimental study about utilization of the wooden skull model provides a good potential of using the wooden models to supplement the use of the natural human skull.

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木头骨：通过使用本地材料和技术促进人体解剖学教学的创新

骨架模型对于促进学生将来轻松保留和收集信息非常重要。这些可以帮助学生进行动手练习，以掌握和练习与急救有关的新技能。越来越多的医疗机构和医科学生面临着不足的教学和学习过程的挑战。这就需要研究和/或探索诸如木制模型之类的替代解决方案，以解决稀缺且受伦理限制的人类教具的问题。蓝花car的木片（长50cm x直径20cm ）为雕刻过程准备了树木，并制作了人类头骨的木制复制品。分别使用木制和自然头骨模型分别教了两个实验组的随机选择的医学生（60：活跃和60：对照）。使用自然头骨模型对两组进行评估和评估，以比较他们对头骨解剖结构的理解。此外，在口试过程中还从活动组的参与者那里收集了意见书。制作了六（6）个木制头骨模型并将其用于实验研究。活动组（使用木制头骨的学生）和对照组（使用自然头骨的学生）的学业成绩（平均值和中位数）比较无统计学差异（P≥0.05）。关于提高学习技能；木制模型的建造方式可以像天然头骨一样增强学习能力。木制颅骨模型在结构形成方面有更多改进，可以充分促进人体颅骨解剖学的教学。该项目和有关使用木制头骨模型的实验研究提供了使用木制模型补充自然人头骨使用的良好潜力。