The current shortage of faculty qualified to teach anatomy in U.S. medical schools is reversible. Sufficient numbers of individuals are in the pipeline to provide a future cadre of well-trained faculty members educating students in gross anatomy. The challenge is to realign departmental, institutional, and federal training grant priorities and resources, creating incentives for graduate student...

PHTY 501. Gross Anatomy (Physical Therapy). 7 Hours. Semester course; 4 lecture and 6 laboratory hours. 7 credits. Examines the structural and functional anatomy of the human musculoskeletal system through lecture and cadaver dissection. Develops understanding of fundamental facts and principles that apply to professional practice through lecture, dissection, radiographic examination and clinic...

PHTY 501. Gross Anatomy (Physical Therapy). 7 Hours. Semester course; 4 lecture and 6 laboratory hours. 7 credits. Examines the structural and functional anatomy of the human musculoskeletal system through lecture and cadaver dissection. Develops understanding of fundamental facts and principles that apply to professional practice through lecture, dissection, radiographic examination and clinic...

The main anatomical resources found on the Internet are listed and discussed here, concerning the topics of gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, microscopic anatomy and anatomical museums. The search is updated to September 2000, and all the listed Web sites can be used to build a multimedial anatomical lab.

1Department of Anatomy, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba 261-8502, Japan 2Division of Oral Implants Research, Oral Health Science Center, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba 261-8502, Japan 3Department of Neurology Gross Anatomy Section, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan 4Divison of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineeri...

PHTY 501. Gross Anatomy (Physical Therapy). 7 Hours. Semester course; 4 lecture and 6 laboratory hours. 7 credits. Examines the structural and functional anatomy of the human musculoskeletal system through lecture and cadaver dissection. Develops understanding of fundamental facts and principles that apply to professional practice through lecture, dissection, radiographic examination and clinic...

This article describes the peer-teaching strategy applied in the gross anatomy course to first year medical students at the San Juan Bautista School of Medicine.

At Southampton, gross anatomy is allocated 165 hours as part of a 254-hour course which includes microscopic and developmental anatomy and geriatrics. The 130 students work from prosected material, supplemented by written material and illustrations. They do not dissect for themselves. Since the introduction of the new course there has been no indication of any deterioration in the examination p...

PHTY 501. Gross Anatomy (Physical Therapy). 7 Hours. Semester course; 4 lecture and 6 laboratory hours. 7 credits. Examines the structural and functional anatomy of the human musculoskeletal system through lecture and cadaver dissection. Develops understanding of fundamental facts and principles that apply to professional practice through lecture, dissection, radiographic examination and clinic...