title: Anatomy instruction in medical schools: connecting the past and the future.
abstract: Anatomy curriculum has changed dramatically around the world since the 1960s. These changes include the reduction of course hours, the abandonment of cadaver dissection, the use of problem-based learning, application of other teaching modalities such as prosected specimens, models, radiographic images, computer simulations, and the introduction of humanity and death education. This article discusses the controversies in anatomy curriculum in Western countries, including the rationale for those changes, and the opinions of the objections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, 10016, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. kkleung@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Kai-Kuen
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Kuo-Shyan
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Tien-Shang
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Bor-Shen
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D002102:Cadaver; D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends*; D019049:Developed Countries; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching