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What to Teach or Not to Teach, that is the Question: Anatomy Objectives in a Modern Medical Curriculum
Author(s) -
Metti Nada,
Anwar Fadi,
Lyons Virginia,
Bee Mary
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.786.5
Subject(s) - timeline , curriculum , medical education , gross anatomy , task (project management) , task force , core curriculum , core competency , task group , psychology , medicine , anatomy , pedagogy , political science , management , engineering management , public administration , engineering , economics , history , archaeology
With the decline of contact hours over the last decade and recent emphasis on competency‐based medical education, a significant reduction has occurred in the amount of material that faculty are able to cover in the anatomical sciences. As a result, many faculty struggle with the decision of what to teach within a limited amount of time. A need exists for faculty to have guidelines or recommendations of defined objectives in the anatomical sciences. In response to that need, a task force has been formed over the past year to tap into the collective wisdom of a group of anatomy faculty and clinicians. This team is working together to develop a core subset of anatomical information that is essential for all future health professionals to know. The organization, timeline, and development of this Anatomical Content Task Force and its quest to determine essential content for histology, gross anatomy and neuroscience will be presented.