Anatomical societies find new ways to come together in a post‐Covid world

Boscolo‐Berto, Rafael; Porzionato, Andrea; Stecco, Carla; Macchi, Verónica; De, Raffaele

doi:10.1002/ase.2135

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“…Only occasionally has any reference been made to technical matters, such as changes to daily practices and how dissection rooms are managed (Boeckers et al, 2008). A move towards regulation was prompted by the adaptations imposed on the anatomy community in many situations by the COVID‐19 pandemic (Boscolo‐Berto et al, 2021b; Kramer et al, 2020; Spanish Anatomical Society, 2020). More pragmatic contributions on how to deal appropriately with body donations came from albeit dated, specific congresses on the subject, whose proceedings provide valuable details for setting up of a modern dissection room in step with a given country's rules and regulations (Sociedad Anatómica Española, 1996, 2015; Spanish Society of Anatomy, 2015).…”

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Reference centers for tissue and body donations: Compulsory requirements in Italy

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Recent Italian legislation (Law No. 10/2020) establishes the legal, ethical and technical requirements governing how individuals can donate their bodies or tissues post‐mortem for study, training, and scientific research purposes. A ministerial working group has recently approved some of the law's implementing rules relating to technical issues. The rules for implementing the new legislation, retrieved from the legal databases and translated into English, are discussed. For the first time in Italy, the law establishes compulsory requirements and minimum characteristics—in terms of logistics, safety, availability of staff, space, and equipment—for institutions to be recognized as reference centers for the conservation and use of bodies and tissues donated post‐mortem for study, training and scientific research purposes. This makes it possible to standardize the features of such reference centers nationwide, and to coordinate their activities and potential future development, while ensuring basic operational efficiency and workplace safety, the provision of adequate facilities, buildings and equipment, and staff training. The law and its implementing rules discussed here are the first to establish criteria and compulsory requirements for centers receiving body and tissue donations in Italy. This is a step forward for the whole anatomy community, providing practical guidelines for body donation programs and related facilities in other countries too.

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“…In contrast, hosting exclusively in‐person conferences has a number of negative impacts: large carbon dioxide footprint, costly registration and travel, and the fact that they tend to be inequitable (Sarabipour et al, 2021). Indeed, a recent poll of Nature readers shows that 75% of respondents hope that some virtual component/option continues to be offered in future conferences (Boscolo‐Berto, et al, 2021; Remmel, 2021). This complex interplay of virtual and in‐person attendees will continue to evolve in the coming years, but early sentiments indicate that the pandemic has unlocked the door to the “both/and” conference scenarios, where a hybrid format is more of the norm in which participants have a choice of attendance modality (Dua et al, 2021).…”

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A quality improvement apprenticeship: Gross anatomy in the time of Covid‐19

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Platt

2022

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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In a historical sense, the study of anatomy has long been a tactile, physical, and extant art: using the hands and eyes to study the human body, often in the form of a theatrical spectacle based on cadaver dissection (de Carvalho Filho et al., 2021;Brenna, 2022).Well into the modern era, little has changed about learning anatomical sciences. Students (university students of all levels, including professional students of medicine and science) study under skilled masters (anatomy faculty) in small-group settings to learn the form of the body. Many of those students, especially doctoral students, may go on to train others in the fine art of dissection, perpetuating the well-established tradition of learning in a master/journeyman/ apprentice model.

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“…Although this is a common practice even under normal circumstances, more so emerged as a critical interface during the pandemic because of limited scope for scientific meetings (Valenti et al, 2021 ). It also helped that the scientific community which include scientific societies, journal editors, research groups, and individual authors realized the urgency of the situation, prioritized this area of research and responded effectively so as to support anatomy education at the time of crisis (Evans et al, 2020 ; Roberts, 2020 ; Boscolo‐Berto et al, 2021 ; Evans & Pawlina, 2021 ; Iwanaga et al, 2021 ).…”

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Evolving strategies in whirlwind mode: The changing face of anatomy education during Covid‐19 pandemic

Ghosh

2022

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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The Covid‐19 pandemic stipulated adoption of unfamiliar strategies for delivering anatomy education in online mode. The factors which determine education strategies are variable across geographical regions. It was perceived that an overview of education strategies around the globe would be useful for anatomists. Hence this narrative review was undertaken to collate observations from different geographical regions pertaining to education strategies adopted during the pandemic. Data relevant to the topic of study were extracted from 12 articles that were selected from an initial pool of 317 articles based on search criteria set for the review. Subtle differences in core education strategies implied that baseline response from anatomists was similar across regions. It was evident that online digital tools were key elements of education strategies adopted by educators for delivering online anatomy classes across the globe. Interestingly, a considerable gap in terms of number and variety of online tools used for anatomy education (those requiring commercial purchase) was noted between economically developed and developing regions. This may have an impact on learning outcome for students and may even lead to variations in anatomical knowledge by regions. It was observed that offline human dissection sessions were incorporated into online practical classes in one region as positive cases showed a declining trend. This positive development is worth emulating elsewhere based on cautious assessment of prevailing situation. From a broad perspective timely introduction of education strategies ensured delivery of anatomy education during the pandemic and gave an evolved outlook to the fabric of anatomy education.

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Anatomical societies find new ways to come together in a post‐Covid world

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Reference centers for tissue and body donations: Compulsory requirements in Italy

Reference centers for tissue and body donations: Compulsory requirements in Italy

A quality improvement apprenticeship: Gross anatomy in the time of Covid‐19

Evolving strategies in whirlwind mode: The changing face of anatomy education during Covid‐19 pandemic

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