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Ministry of Higher Education Sponsors Student-Produced Animated Educational Films Project

For the first time in Egyptian universities, the Ministry of Higher Education sponsors a project enabling a team of Assiut University students to produce their first collection of animated medical educational films. Student Abul-Qasim Sami, director of the project and member of the team, indicated that the project won in an MHE competition where 67 particpant projects from nationwide universities were presented.  Abul-Qasem added that  their project took more than 9 months to produce more than 30 educational animated films including 3D and 2D films on various medical subjects such as: Blood Circulation between mother and fetus,  DNA Structures, and Blood clotting process. . . etc. On his part, Abdel Rahman Sanousi, member of the 30-medical-students team, assured that the project aimed at making medical studies easier and more interesting by using modern technology and translating theoretical knowledge into  animated images; a matter that helps both students and faculty members to achieve better understanding and perception.   Dr. Mohamed Maqboul, lecturer in Plastic Surgery and Supervisor of the project pointed out that the benefit of the project will not be confined to students of the Faculty of Medicine, but it will also help students of Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, and Pharmacy. Dr Maqboul added that the project did not only produce animated films, but also it produced more than 20 educational clips showing real and sample surgeries, besides photography of practical samples.