title: Anatomy: the future teaching of undergraduates.
abstract: The time devoted to the teaching of anatomy to medical students has long been under pressure. Much work has been devoted to how best to teach anatomy in both a time-efficient and cost-effective manner. This article discusses the main methods of teaching anatomy and their respective advantages and disadvantages as evidenced in the literature. Suggestions are made as to how best to teach anatomy to medical students in the future.
authors.affiliation: St Mary's Hospital, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing, London W2 1NY.
authors.forename: D R C
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Purkayastha
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Athanasiou
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shafiq
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paraskevas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Darzi
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*