A TOOL to teach anatomy to students in Coventry has been shortlisted for a national award.

It features 3D images of the collection of preserved body parts at University Hospital.

That means medical students who are too busy to study the specimens up close can access rotating images of them on their smartphone at any time.

The project developed by University Hospital and the University of Warwick is a world first and has been nominated for the Times Higher Education Awards.

Clinical anatomist Professor Peter Abrahams said: At long last our students can study anatomy on the move, and it gives me a real pride to see them in coffee breaks, on the beach and even sitting in an airport lounge studying detailed real human anatomy in moving 3D from their smart phones.

I wish Id had technology like this as a student.

University Hospital has an extensive collection of plastinated body parts that have been preserved by injecting them with plastic. Bosses hope to make the entire catalogue available as 3D images.

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'World-first' tool to teach anatomy to Coventry students up for award