A VETERINARY ANATOMY TUTORING SYSTEM

A veterinary anatomy tutoring system was developed by using Knowledge Pro (R), an object-oriented software development tool with hypermedia capabilities, and MS Access (R), a relational database. Communication between them is facilitated by using the Structured Query Language (SQ L). The architecture of the system is based on knowledge sets, each of which covers four different descriptions of an organ, namely gross an atomy (general description), gross anatomy (comparative features), his tology, and embryology, which constitute the knowledge units. These kn owledge units are linked with three global variables that define the a nimals, the topographies, and the system to which this organ belongs, creating three data-bases. These three data-bases are interrelated thr ough the organ field in order to establish a relational model. This sy stem allows versatility in the student's navigation through the inform ation space by offering different modes for information location and p resentation. These include course mode, review mode, reference mode, d issection mode, and comparison mode. In addition, the system provides a self-evaluation mode.