The anatomy of anatomy: A review for its modernization

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-93

  Sugand, Kapil ^a   Abrahams, Peter ^b   Khurana, Ashish ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy education; Competence; Curriculum; Dissection; Gross anatomy; Multimedia; Professionalism; Prosection; Review

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEACHING;

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MULTIMEDIA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RADIOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 77950921762     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.139     Document Type: Review

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