David Morton PhD The Noted Anatomist Episode 1

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In this series we dialogue with David Morton, PhD of the University of Utah. David has a little online presence thing called The Noted Anatomist. Basically, 115,000 people, we can surmise that most of them are medical students, have decided that David’s approach to teaching anatomy is worthy of their time. So knowing this I figured that it was time to track David down and discuss this whole deal. Although I interviewed David this past winter (January 2020) in Salt Lake, since then COVID-19 has become a highly disruptive influence to the process of medical education. But in a fit of premonition, David and I decided to discuss what the internet has done for education. In short, the brave new world is the domain of the content creators and the better content that you can create, the more value students place in watching it. David was not happy with how he was taught, and just so that we are clear here, he could have gone to medical school, but he decided to be an anatomist instead and he was determined to develop pre-study materials that would make his instruction in anatomy all the more meaningful to the students. So, in this first part of the series we talk about his back ground and how he evolved as an online educator. The interview took place in his office at The “U” and I am not kidding when I tell you that the place was like a bunker. Happily, the inherent processing capable of Final Cut Pro delivered an absent air handler that I was really concerned about. I hope that you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed recording it. In doing this interview, I not only found a kindred educator but a new good friend… The Noted Anatomist https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe9lb3da4XAnN7v3ciTyquQ David’s Academic Page at the “U” https://medicine.utah.edu/faculty/mddetail.php?facultyID=u0166427 David’s work on Computer Assisted Instruction in Ghana https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340578545_Incorporating_computer-assisted_instruction_CAI_into_a_Ghana_West_Africa_medical_school_curriculum Good luck finding him finding him playing a guitar…I looked everywhere but I know that I have seen it…Finally thanks to MS 1 Lindsey Wright I found it. https://www.facebook.com/UofUMedicine/videos/dr-mortons-gi-song/770753873264207/ The Ogden Mustangs https://www.ogdenmustangs.com/ As always you can send comments to me at: TR Fredricks on Facebook @MedicalCinema on the Twitter You can reach Brian Plow @ProfPlow on the Twitter You can reach Nisarg Bakshi @nisargbakshi on the Twitter or [e-mail] Catch us on twitter at @RotationsPcast Look for more Rotations Content at mediainmedicine.com Rotations and on iTunes at Rotations Podcast. Intro and Outro Music: Bones by C.K. Martin Courtesy of Artlist.io Produced by: Todd Fredricks DO and Brian Plow MFA Edited by: Todd Fredricks DO Cohost: Solo Mission on this one Disclaimers: Myself (all the students went home) Cut Clip: None yet, still climbing the curve… Rotations is produced using (and we always accept donations from any gear folks): Rode Podcaster Pro Rode NT1-A mics Polsen Studio Headphones Kopul XLR cables SanDisk media iPhone 11 Final Cut Pro X MacBook Pro Tama mic stands Coachmen Lavs RODE Lavalier Go Zoom H4N Rotations is part of the Media in Medicine family of medical storytelling and is copyrighted. Rotations is made possible by the generous understanding and accommodation of our beloved institution, Ohio University and by the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Scripps College of Communications. The comments and ideas expressed on Rotations are that of the content creators alone and may not reflect official policy or the opinion of any agency of the Ohio University.