Author: Stefan Tigges

I am an academic Radiologist who uses comics to teach medical students and residents.

#tiggesanatomy Next task, find some vertbrae for the students to hold in their hands and use to correlate with the cross sectional images. The box of vertebrae is somewhere in this room.

#tiggesanatomy Even though my main job is teaching cross sectional anatomy, I do spend some time in the cadaver lab, so my first task is to find some sturdy closed toed shoes. See, nitty-gritty stuff.

#tiggesanatomy The first dissection is “The Back”. I teach (mainly) the cross sectional anatomy, using material available on the M1 Anatomy page of xraycomix.com. There is lots of prep work to do, so let’s get started.

#tiggesanatomy I want to try a social media experiment: I am going to blog/twitter/linkedin/facebook/tumblr my experience this semester teaching M1 students human anatomy. Don’t expect poetry/Olympian insights, this will be a gritty ant’s eye look. But I made my first hashtag.

Giving RSNA talk right now re using Comics/Drawings to teach Students/Residents. Like recent grand rounds, one instance of frontal nudity (tasteful and elegant!), but no cursing (boo!).

There are now a total of 14 “Draw it to Learn it” drawing exercises on the “M3/M4 Radiologist for a Day” page of xraycomix.com. These exercises take advantage of the “generation effect” to improve retention of vital information.

Latest batch of t-shirts have arrived, am distributing them to my peeps. Since Jackie is out of the country, I will have to give her shirt to Rohini.

Added another “Draw it to Learn It” to the “M3/M4 Radiologist for a Day” page of xraycomix.com. This one is in the chest CT section and illustrates one approach to the mediastinum.