title: "Anatomy and imaging": 10 years of experience with an interdisciplinary teaching project in preclinical medical education - from an elective to a curricular course.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Presentation of an interdisciplinary, interactive, tutor-based preclinical teaching project called "Anatomy and Imaging".
  
  
  METHODS
  Experience report, analysis of evaluation results and selective literature review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 2001 to 2012, 618 students took the basic course (4 periods per week throughout the semester) and 316 took the advanced course (2 periods per week). We reviewed 557 (return rate 90.1 %) and 292 (92.4 %) completed evaluation forms of the basic and the advanced course. Results showed overall high satisfaction with the courses (1.33 and 1.56, respectively, on a 5-point Likert scale). The recognizability of the relevance of the course content for medical training, the promotion of the interest in medicine and the quality of the student tutors were evaluated especially positively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The "Anatomy and Imaging" teaching project is a successful concept for integrating medical imaging into the preclinical stage of medical education. The course was offered as part of the curriculum in 2013 for the first time. "Anatomia in mortuis" and "Anatomia in vivo" are not regarded as rivaling entities in the delivery of knowledge, but as complementary methods.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schober
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Pieper
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wittkowski
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology