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Online veterinary anatomy museum to

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A NEW online resource aimed at students
of animal anatomy all over the world was
launched at the Royal Veterinary College
(RVC) on November 20.
The Online Veterinary Anatomy
Museum (OVAM) represents the
culmination of a year-long project led by
the RVC involving all seven of the UK’s
veterinary schools as well as international
institutions, educational trusts, commercial
publishers and web developers. The
RVC says that the museum will be one
of the world’s largest online veterinary
anatomical resource collections and will
support the studies of veterinary students. It
also aims to inspire students worldwide to
engage with animal anatomy and science
‘in an inspiring, interactive and informative
way’.
The OVAM will offer free access
to resources such as interactive and
annotated diagrams and images of Nick Short of the RVC was the interest in knowing more about an animal’s
specimens; three-dimensional imaging project’s director. He commented: ‘The structure and function. OVAM provides
of skeletons, radiographic imaging and teaching of anatomy forms a core part access to some of the most amazing
interpretation; podcasts; and comprehensive of the veterinary curriculum in every virtual resources contributed from all over
videos of dissection techniques, which veterinary school in the world. With digital the world. Here you can explore the 3D
it is hoped will greatly reduce the need media increasingly used to enrich and anatomy of a horse’s foot from London,
for duplication of procedures. It will also support conventional lectures it therefore view beautiful animations of the abdomen
provide links to the veterinary reference site makes sense to share what we have to of a pig from Spain or watch a selection of
WikiVet. provide students with the best possible lectures from India!’
During the development of the online support for their studies.
museum, student curators were recruited ‘More than that, the online museum n  The museum can be found at www.
from the partner institutions, allowing them will help to bring the world of veterinary onlineveterinaryanatomy.net
to develop new skills as well as contributing anatomy alive not just for veterinary
to the online resource. students but also for anybody with an doi: 10.1136/vr.e7909

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Online veterinary anatomy museum to share

resources worldwide

Veterinary Record 2012 171: 520

doi: 10.1136/vr.e7909

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