Anatomy teaching – a passion or a profession

Abstract

Human anatomy is an important course in the education of medical professionals. The curriculum of anatomy course and different resources used for anatomy teaching helps in better understanding of the subject. According to rules laid down by MCI 1997 the undergraduate student should know about preventive, curative and rehabilitative aspect of medicine 1 . With new approach towards medical education, focus is more on holistic approach of anatomy teaching.Over the past few decades teaching of anatomy by dissection has decreased. Due to opening of many new medical schools and lack of cadaver, anatomical dissection has been on decline. Though there is no significant report about the poor performance of students in their exams, but there is concern about relative lack of anatomical knowledge of students for clinical purpose.

Medical Students Perception of Anatomage: A 3D Interactive (Virtual) Anatomy Dissection Table

“…Above all, the students’ conviction that the use of Anatomage is used alongside other Anatomy teaching approach such as Cadaver dissection is in line with the findings by [23, 2], as sixty-six percent (66%) of the students wants it used along with the cadaveric dissection. This system will not only assist the students to learn anatomical details but also provide them the opportunity to appreciate 3D structures, which, according to Thompson [50], enhanced students’ capacity ability to learn complex anatomy structures better and faster than using only the traditional methods.…”

“…Anatomy is the fundamental subject in basic Medical Science Education [1, 2]. The significance of the methods of teaching anatomy and its competence in high-quality health care and medical training curriculum has been debated over the years [3, 4, 5].…”

Teaching and learning innovation in present and future of human anatomy course at RSU

“…Even when computerized improvements have developed a new area giving students a lot of elements to facilitate their approach to structures, the possibility of direct contact with tissues and anatomical elements cannot yet be replaced. Th e best possibility of all used resources is to complement one another [2,4].…”