TY  - JOUR
AU  - Rivera García, Guadalupe Esmeralda
AU  - Cervantes  López, Miriam Janet
AU  - Ramírez Vázquez, Juan Carlos
AU  - Llanes Castillo, Arturo
AU  - Cruz Casados, Jaime
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/2/14
TI  - Reviewing Mobile Apps for Teaching Human Anatomy: Search and Quality Evaluation Study
JO  - JMIR Med Educ
SP  - e64550
VL  - 11
KW  - anatomy
KW  - Google Play
KW  - mobile health
KW  - mHealth
KW  - Mobile App Rating Scale
KW  - MARS
AB  - Background: Mobile apps designed for teaching human anatomy offer a flexible, interactive, and personalized learning platform, enriching the educational experience for both students and health care professionals. Objective: This study aimed to conduct a systematic review of the human anatomy mobile apps available on Google Play, evaluate their quality, highlight the highest scoring apps, and determine the relationship between objective quality ratings and subjective star ratings. Methods: The Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS) was used to evaluate the apps. The intraclass correlation coefficient was calculated using a consistency-type 2-factor random model to measure the reliability of the evaluations made by the experts. In addition, Pearson correlations were used to analyze the relationship between MARS quality scores and subjective evaluations of MARS quality item 23. Results: The mobile apps with the highest overall quality scores according to the MARS (ie, sections A, B, C, and D) were Organos internos 3D (anatomía) (version 4.34), Sistema óseo en 3D (Anatomía) (version 4.32), and VOKA Anatomy Pro (version 4.29). To measure the reliability of the MARS quality evaluations (sections A, B, C, and D), the intraclass correlation coefficient was used, and the result was “excellent.” Finally, Pearson correlation results revealed a significant relationship (r=0.989; P<.001) between the quality assessments conducted by health care professionals and the subjective evaluations of item 23. Conclusions: The average evaluation results of the selected apps indicated a “good” level of quality, and those with the highest ratings could be recommended. However, the lack of scientific backing for these technological tools is evident. It is crucial that research centers and higher education institutions commit to the active development of new mobile health apps, ensuring their accessibility and validation for the general public. 
SN  - 2369-3762
UR  - https://mededu.jmir.org/2025/1/e64550
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/64550
DO  - 10.2196/64550
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/64550
ER  -