SURGICAL TRAINEE-LED CLINICAL ANATOMY COURSE FOR SENIOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Dixon, H CT2, Kent Surrey and Sussex Deanery School of Surgery
Nieto, T ST3, West Midlands Deanery School of Surgery
Lo, T CT2, Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery School of Surgery
Abrahams, P H Professor of Clinical Anatomy, Warwick University and University Hospitals

Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 95(1):p 1-4, January 2013. | DOI: 10.1308/147363512X13311314198373

Anatomy is a foundation stone of modern medical education and has been for hundreds of years. In the UK anatomy teaching is undergoing substantial changes.These are highly controversial and much debated, especially regarding the necessity of dissection to learn three-dimensional gross anatomy.The quantity of anatomy taught to undergraduates is also under scrutiny. Lack of national guidance and evaluation has led to a range in the type and quality of anatomical teaching in various medical schools. This shift is due to changes in the modern medical curriculum, which is wider than ever, and a change in the perception of the relevance of basic sciences.