scholarly journals The Eagle Project – something for everyone

2007 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 194-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dick Rainsbury
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Surgical Anatomy ◽  
Central Importance ◽  
Surgical Practice ◽  
Anatomical Knowledge ◽  
Real Progress ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Anatomy Teaching

Real progress is being made with the Eagle Project – the multimillion-pound scheme to convert the education facilities on the fourth floor of the College. The recent highly successful College conference Anatomy Teaching – the Cruellest Cut of All (see page 194), reconfirmed the central importance of the Eagle Project in teaching surgical anatomy and in maintaining high standards in surgical practice. The conference highlighted the stark and worrying effects of a changing undergraduate curriculum on levels of basic anatomical knowledge. This in turn impacts on postgraduate examination results and on levels of litigation in the NHS. The capacity and diversity of the Eagle Project's facilities provide the College with a unique resource to tackle these problems at every level – undergraduate, postgraduate and consultant.

John Bell (1763–1820), the ‘Father’ of Surgical Anatomy

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-81
Author(s):  
M H Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Anatomy ◽  
Royal Infirmary ◽  
Surgical Practice

John was one of four very talented sons of the Reverend William Bell. Two qualified as advocates and both became professors. John and his younger brother Charles (later Sir Charles) entered medicine. John qualified with the Edinburgh MD degree in 1779, then obtained the FRCS Edin diploma in 1786. As a student, initially he studied anatomy under Professor Alexander Monro secundus, and it was soon evident to him that his teacher did not have any first-hand knowledge of the problems encountered by surgeons. He then decided to teach anatomy, while practising as a surgeon, and was among the first to emphasize the relevance of anatomy to surgical practice. During this period he lectured and wrote on anatomy and surgical anatomy. After 1800 he, like many of his surgical colleagues, was excluded from the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary as a consequence of the activities of Professor James Gregory, one of the most influential of the managers of that institution. When he stopped lecturing, he continued practising as a surgeon and wrote several influential textbooks but he never forgave Gregory for exclusion from the Infirmary. He was soon recognized as one of the foremost surgeons in Scotland. He spent the last few years of his life on the Continent attending to the surgical needs of the numerous expatriate Britons who lived there.

scholarly journals Emphasis on various subtopics in the anatomy curriculum for chiropractic training: An international survey of chiropractors and anatomists

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter D. Chapman ◽  
Amanda Meyer ◽  
Kenneth Young ◽  
Daniel Wibowo ◽  
Bruce Walker
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Optimum Level ◽  
International Survey ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy ◽  
Anatomical Knowledge ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Chiropractic Students ◽  
Anatomy Teaching

Objective The aim of this study was to conduct an international survey of the perceived optimal level of anatomy teaching from anatomy academics and practicing chiropractors. We hypothesized that the optimum level of anatomical understanding for chiropractic students does not differ between the anatomists teaching the students and practicing chiropractors. Methods The opinion of anatomists teaching in a chiropractic course (n = 16) was compared to practicing chiropractors (n = 589). The students' level of understanding was based on the revised Bloom's taxonomy for 16 different curriculum areas. Anatomists were recruited by contacting the accredited chiropractic courses worldwide. Snowball sampling was used for the practicing chiropractors. Independent-samples Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare the results of anatomists and chiropractors. Results Opinions differed between anatomists and chiropractors on 9 out of the 16 questions. Where opinions differed, chiropractors recommended a higher standard of anatomical knowledge. The level suggested by chiropractors for these curriculum areas is equal to the “evaluating” level where chiropractic students can remember, understand, apply, and analyze anatomical knowledge to be able to justify a clinical decision. Conclusion Compared to anatomists working in chiropractic programs, chiropractors suggest a higher standard of anatomy be taught to undergraduates. Collaboration between chiropractors and anatomists would likely be beneficial in creating or modifying anatomy curricula for chiropractic students.

A randomized trial comparing cadaveric dissection and examination of prosections as applied surgical anatomy teaching pedagogies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zong Jie Koh ◽  
Marcus Yeow ◽  
Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan ◽  
Yee Kong Ng ◽  
Gominda G. Ponnamperuma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Trial ◽  
Surgical Anatomy ◽  
Cadaveric Dissection ◽  
Teaching Pedagogies ◽  
Anatomy Teaching

Tomorrow's Doctors: Students' Satisfaction with a Prosection-Based Undergraduate Anatomy Course

2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
D Overbeck-Zubrzycka ◽  
A Krishnan ◽  
D Hamilton ◽  
RF Searle ◽  
G Stansby
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Junior Doctor ◽  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Future ◽  
Students Satisfaction ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Privacy Issues ◽  
Anatomy Teaching

The undergraduate curriculum is the starting point for the doctors of the future. It should provide a strong foundation for learning and practice as a junior doctor and beyond. In the modern era, anatomy teaching, as with all other areas of the curriculum, has needed to be tailored to fulfill this outcome effectively. Traditionally, anatomy has been taught by a method based on dissection of the human body. Dissection of the human body during an anatomy course raises questions about invasion of privacy, issues of introducing dying and death appropriately to medical students as well as issues of cost and practicality. These issues have been the subjects of much debate.

scholarly journals Surgical Anatomy and Approaches to the Anterior Thoracolumbar Spine Region

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei F. Joaquim ◽  
Leonardo Giacomini ◽  
Enrico Ghizoni ◽  
Fábio Araújo Fernandes ◽  
Marcelo L. Mudo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lumbar Spine ◽  
Surgical Procedures ◽  
Thoracolumbar Spine ◽  
Lumbar Vertebrae ◽  
Surgical Anatomy ◽  
Surgical Approaches ◽  
Efficacy And Safety ◽  
Anatomical Features ◽  
Anatomical Knowledge

We review the surgical anatomy of the thoraco-lumbar spine region located between the eleventh thoracic and the second lumbar vertebrae (T11-L2). Anatomical features of muscular, vascular and neural structures important to surgical approaches are described in details. We also discuss surgical nuances of the transthoracic retroperitoneal and the lateral retropleural approaches. We conclude that anatomical knowledge is important to improve the efficacy and safety of surgical procedures in the thoraco-lumbar spine region.

Undergraduate Anatomy Teaching: Are we Failing a Generation of Future Surgeons?

2011 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline HM Bagley ◽  
Elizabeth Gillott ◽  
Ayanthi Gunasekera
Keyword(s):  
Postgraduate Training ◽  
Good Clinical Practice ◽  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Human Anatomy ◽  
Junior Doctors ◽  
Applied Anatomy ◽  
Important Concern ◽  
Anatomical Knowledge ◽  
Surgical Career ◽  
New Generation

A sound knowledge of human anatomy underpins good clinical practice. However, changes to the undergraduate curriculum in recent years, in particular a reduced emphasis on applied anatomy, have raised concerns among clinicians that a new generation of doctors are qualifying from medical school with insufficient anatomical knowledge. This is a particularly important concern for those junior doctors wishing to pursue a surgical career and has implications for their early postgraduate training.

The importance of hand anatomy in the accident and emergency department: assessment of hand anatomy knowledge in doctors in training

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 682-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. DICKSON ◽  
G. MORRIS ◽  
M. HERON
Keyword(s):  
Early Recognition ◽  
Tendon Injuries ◽  
Junior Doctors ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
Anatomical Knowledge ◽  
Accident And Emergency Department ◽  
Anatomy Knowledge ◽  
Serious Injuries ◽  
Anatomy Teaching

Good anatomical knowledge is essential for the early recognition of severe or significant hand injuries in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department, in particular nerve, vascular or tendon injuries. In 1992, Murphy and Olney assessed hand anatomy knowledge in junior doctors. We have repeated this study 16 years on. The 2008 cohort performed worse in response to every question asked and in some areas significantly so. We discuss the results in relation to the recognition of serious injuries and also with regards to anatomy teaching in medical schools and at postgraduate level.

scholarly journals An evaluation of the use of multiple perspectives in the design of computer facilitated learning

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kennedy ◽  
Norm Eizenberg ◽  
Gregor Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Clinical Applications ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
Anatomical Knowledge ◽  
Facilitated Learning ◽  
Anatomy Teaching

<span>In the medical sciences, there is a well documented problem that involves the separation of discipline based knowledge from clinical practice. In order to address this issue in anatomy teaching, the CD-ROM An@tomedia has been developed - integrating anatomical knowledge with clinical applications. The structure and evaluation of An@tomedia are described.</span>

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