Spatial abilities have been correlated to anatomy knowledge assessment and spatial training has been found to improve spatial abilities in previous systematic reviews. The objective of this systematic review was to evaluate spatial abilities training in anatomy education. A literature search was done from inception to 3 August 2017 in Scopus^® and several databases on the EBSCOhost platform. Citations were reviewed and those involving anatomy education, an intervention, and a spatial abilities test were retained and the corresponding full‐text articles were reviewed for inclusion. Before and after training studies, as well as comparative training programs, relating a spatial training intervention to spatial abilities were eligible. Of the 2,405 citations obtained, 52 articles were identified and reviewed, yielding eight eligible articles. Instruction in anatomy and mental rotations training were found to improve spatial abilities. For the seven studies retained for the meta‐analysis that included the effect of interventions on spatial abilities test scores, the pooled treatment effect difference was 0.49 (95% CI [0.17; 0.82]; n = 11) improvement. For the two studies that included the practice effect on spatial abilities test scores in a control group, the pooled treatment effect difference was 0.47 (95% CI [−0.03; 0.97]; n = 2) improvement. In these two studies, the impact of the intervention on spatial abilities test scores was found despite the practice effect. Evidence was found for improvement of spatial abilities in anatomy education using instruction in anatomy and mental rotations training.

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解剖学教育中的空间能力训练：系统评价。

空间能力已经与解剖学知识评估相关联，并且在先前的系统评价中已经发现空间训练可以提高空间能力。该系统评价的目的是评估解剖学教育中的空间能力训练。文献检索，从开始做8月3日2017年SCOPUS ^®以及EBSCOhost平台上的几个数据库。审查了引文，保留了涉及解剖学教育，干预和空间能力测试的引文，并对相应的全文进行了审查，以将其包括在内。在训练研究前后以及比较训练计划中，将空间训练干预措施与空间能力相关联是合格的。在获得的2,405篇引用文献中，有52篇文章被鉴定和审查，产生了8篇合格文章。发现解剖学和心理旋转训练中的指令可以提高空间能力。对于保留用于荟萃分析的七项研究（包括干预措施对空间能力测试评分的影响），合并治疗效果差异为0.49（95％CI [0.17; 0.82]；n = 11）改善。对于在对照组中包括对空间能力测试分数的实践效果的两项研究，合并治疗效果差异改善了0.47（95％CI [-0.03; 0.97]；n  = 2）。在这两项研究中，尽管有实践效果，但仍发现干预对空间能力测试成绩的影响。使用解剖学和心理旋转训练中的指导，发现了在解剖学教育中提高空间能力的证据。