Medical Student Perceptions of 3D-Printed Brain Coloring Activities in Singapore

A 2026 cross-sectional mixed-methods study by Jason Wen Yau Lee at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. It contains survey responses from Year 1 medical students on their learning, engagement, usability, and learning strategies after completing a series of neuroanatomy coloring activities using a low-cost 3D-printed brain model. The data was collected via an anonymous survey administered one week after the third structured activity.

Use Cases

• Analyze student perceptions of learning value based on Likert-scale survey items.
• Study behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and agentic engagement in a neuroanatomy activity.
• Evaluate the usability of a low-cost 3D-printed modular brain model for teaching.
• Identify learning strategies adopted by students during structured coloring activities.

Strengths

• Mixed-methods design incorporating both Likert-scale and open-ended survey questions.
• Focus on a specific, novel educational intervention using low-cost 3D-printed models.
• Data collected from a defined population of Year 1 medical students at a single institution.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data reflects a single-institution, cross-sectional study, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Jeehp Dataverse

Collection Method

Anonymous survey administered to medical students one week after an educational intervention.

Time Range

Data collection likely occurred in 2026 or shortly before.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-12 20:43:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Singapore (Duke-NUS Medical School)