Medical education in the anatomical sciences: The winds of change continue to blow

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 253-259

  Drake, Richard L ^a   McBride, Jennifer M ^a   Lachman, Nirusha ^b   Pawlina, Wojciech ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AAA survey; Anatomical sciences; Basic science education; Course hours; Course integration; Embryology curriculum; Gross anatomy curriculum; Histology curriculum; Laboratory hours; Neuroanatomy neuroscience curriculum

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMANS; NEUROANATOMY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 73649127228     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.117     Document Type: Article

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