U.S. Navy Offers 3-D Anatomy App
By Christine Kern, contributing writer
Anatomy Study Guide App helps train, recruit
The U.S. Navy has launched “Anatomy Study Guide App - America's Navy," a first-of-its-kind app now available for free in the App Store and Google Play Store. The app serves as an educational and recruitment tool, says Commander Bradley Kluegel, director of the medical programs division, which supports medical officer recruiting efforts.
It is hoped that the app will help bring the U.S. Navy to the forefront of potential medical career paths, as well as serve as a handy reference for those currently enrolled in programs of study, those already practicing in the medical or healthcare fields, and individuals who may consider serving in this line of work.
The app, with 10 high-resolution, 3-D diagrams of the body, enables navigation through 11 systems of the body with zoom-in and zoom-out capability. Users can turn around the model body, flip it, take notes, and test their knowledge. It also includes videos from Navy physicians and links to learn about the 30 healthcare communities within the Navy, where 13,000 active and reserve medical officers serve 324,000 sailors and their families.
The Anatomy Study Guide was previously available in a booklet version which recruiters distributed, according to Kluegel. The app allows clinicians to demonstrate the areas of the body under consideration to patients while explaining findings and treatments.
Making the app available to everyone brings new tools to physicians inside and outside of Navy Medicine, and knowledge to medical students, those considering a medical career, and health consumers, Kluegel notes, and it won’t hurt with recruiting. “This is an avenue for folks to find out what Navy Medicine has to offer.”
"The app is an incredible tool. It will be immediately beneficial in practice for both future healthcare professionals and current practitioners. Additionally, it will be a tremendous asset for our team of medical program recruiters as they discuss Navy opportunities with future Navy physicians and other healthcare professionals."
"The Navy is deeply vested in its medical community and programs. This is just one more way of showcasing that to the healthcare market," said Kluegel.
A brief video on the app is available here.