A Glimpse into Chilean Veterinary Anatomy Educators

In veterinary medicine, impressive technological advances in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology have led to a reduction the amount of time spent teaching anatomy shift toward anatomical research. As classically trained anatomists began retire at beginning 2000s, it became evident that there would be shortage qualified anatomists. This coincides with increase hiring recent graduates general education experience no specialization area. The aim study is characterize Chilean educator an emphasis on their training academic environment they work in. Data were collected through survey targeting diverse population university educators who teach content related Chile. results showed anatomist has reached master’s level, wide range continuous experiences, from which perceived he acquired his skills. Furthermore, despite self-perception as educator/researcher, evidence research still its infancy. However, strengths identified varied use resources, participation community dissemination knowledge.