Teaching Anatomy: need or taste?

Abstract

Background: Anatomy is one of the core sections of Basic Medical Sciences. Given the central role of anatomy, the development of medical knowledge and reach new horizons in science is not possible without relying on anatomy. Since in the anatomy science, students are familiar with the basic terms of medical language, the anatomy's hard to know and have a negative attitude towards this course. With these conditions, anatomy professors have an important role in providing incentives for medical students. However, sometimes applying tastes and the entry of too much anatomical detail creates conditions that cut the motivation for medical students. Therefore, this article seeks to offer solutions to cut apply tasteless and coordinate the teaching of anatomy to interest and motivate medical students to increase this lesson.

Human Anatomy Education: Knowledge, Attitude, Perception and Challenges Encountered by Medical and Nursing Students in Two Gambian Universities

“…The word "Anatomy" is derived from a Greek word, "Anatome", meaning "to cut up", and by definition, it is the study of the structure and function of the body (Snells, 2012). The course appears fascinating to the public, but it is often a "nightmare" to undergraduates because of the different aspects of the course, cumbersome curriculum and vocabulary which make students devote very little time to other courses (Farrohki, 2017;Gupta, 2014). Nevertheless, undergraduates admit to insufficient anatomical knowledge (Bergman, 2011).…”