A clinical core course in gross anatomy

Peer-Assisted Learning in a Gross Anatomy Dissection Course

Peer-assisted learning encourages students to participate more actively in the dissection process and promotes thoughtful dissection. We implemented peer-assisted dissection in 2012 and compared its effects on students' self-assessments of learning and their academic achievement with those of faculty-led dissection. All subjects performed dissections after a lecture about upper-limb gross anato...

A new core gross anatomy syllabus for medicine.

Leadership and professionalism curriculum in the Gross Anatomy course.

INTRODUCTION Today's physicians must demonstrate both professionalism and leadership skills in order to succeed in largely team-based healthcare environments. The purpose of this study was to determine if professionalism attributes, leadership style, and leadership style adaptability are associated with academic performance among first-year students early in their medical curriculum. MATERIAL...

Developing empathy and clinical detachment during the dissection course in gross anatomy.

In their excellent quantitative analysis of students’ valuation of gross anatomy as an ‘‘important’’ course, Böckers et al. (2010) come to the conclusion that this high valuation could depend on the students’ perceived growth in professional competencies during the course. The students counted among these competencies their increased abilities in teamwork, time management, learning strategies, ...

The Role of Anatomy Course in Clinical Education Stages from the medical students’ viewpoints in GUMS

Introduction: Always Anatomy course is considered as one of the most imporant courses in medical education. In recent years, teching anatomy underwent noticeable changes. In order to evaluating educational planning for the medical students, given the essential role of the anatomy course in medical education and the growing need of physicians for being up to date, this study aimed to assess the ...