Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2012 Cover Image

Medical students at Durham University, United Kingdom receive instructions using ultrasound echocardiography . In this issue of ASE Dr. Finn and her colleagues compare the efficacy of ultrasound and cadaveric prosections for teaching gross anatomy of the heart.     

Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 5, Issue 6, 2012 Cover Image

Peer‐teachers receive instruction from Drs. Johnson (center), Charchanti (right) and Troupis (left) on details of the deep structures of the cerebral hemispheres . These training sessions focus on reviewing material and honing teaching skills, so that peer teachers can assist during the anatomy laboratory for second‐year medical students. Using checklists, peer teachers review structures on cadaveric specimens, models, crosssections, as well as on programs available in the computer laboratory. In this issue, Dr. Johnson and her colleagues describe the integrated multimodal ‐ multidisciplinary anatomy teaching program applied at the University of Ioannina School of Medicine in Ioannina, Greece.     

Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2012 Cover Image

Medical students at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, learn clinical facts about the hepatobiliary system as transplant surgeon Dr. Vivian McAlister (at the far right) demonstrates Whipple's procedure in the anatomy laboratory. In this issue of ASE, Ullah and colleagues describe an extracurricular student initiative known as the Surgically Oriented Anatomy Program (SOAP), which aims to deliver anatomy teaching from a surgical perspective through the philosophy of “education through recreation”.     

Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2012 Cover Image

The dissecting competition in progress at the Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. In this issue of ASE, Drs. Samalia and Stringer describe a dissecting competition for third year medical students. Working alone, students undertake a detailed dissection during a single weekend day and present an appropriately labeled prosection, together with a 300 word abstract emphasizing the clinical relevance of their work. Dissections are judged on presentation, accuracy of labeling, and relevance to the clinical abstract.     

Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 5, Issue 4, 2012 Cover Image

A group of first year medical students at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore study anatomy in the Anatomy Museum at this institution. Using an anatomical model, students discuss the extraocular muscles with their lecturers Drs. Boon‐Huat Bay (center) and Eng‐Tat Ang (third from left). In this issue of ASE, Dr. Ang and his colleagues review the past, present, and future of anatomy education in Singapore's three medical schools.     

Abstracts for Performance Improvement Quarterly,Volume 23, Issue 1

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