title: When students struggle with gross anatomy and histology: A strategy for monitoring, reviewing, and promoting student academic success in an integrated preclinical medical curriculum.
abstract: Gross anatomy and histology are now often taught as parts of an integrated medical or dental curriculum. Although this puts these foundational basic sciences into a wider educational context, students may not fully appreciate their importance as essential components of their medical education and may not develop a sufficient level of competency, as they are not stand-alone courses. The early identification of medical or dental students who struggle with anatomy or histology and the facilitation of adequate didactic support constitute a significant problem in an integrated curriculum. The timely intervention by an academic review board in combination with an individualized faculty-mediated counseling and remediation process may provide an effective solution to this problem.
authors: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.|Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Hortsch
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.|Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors: Rajesh S
authors: RS
authors: Mangrulkar
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D006653:Histology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008824:Michigan; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014495:Universities
keywords: academic failure; academic remediation; gross anatomy education; histology education; integrated curriculum; medical curriculum; medical education; medical students; microscopic anatomy