A past study comparing digital gross anatomy lectures and face-to-face lectures showed that digital lectures were preferred by students and improved their performance as they could revisit digital lectures when needed (49). Furthermore, preparatory e-learning activities conducted prior to traditional anatomy teaching also improved the engagement of students, eased their learning process and enhanced their long-term memory (8). The findings of these studies were concordant with those in a metaanalysis performed by the US Department of Education, which concluded that students who were exposed to an online learning platform performed modestly better than those who learned the same material via face-toface discussions. The effect was further heightened in blended learning