title: [Morphology in biomedical sciences].
abstract: Morphology in biomedical sciences in the modern curriculum includes anatomy, embryology and cellular and tissular biology, and medical histology. Anatomy is taught in a traditional manner, however teaching with corpses will have to change because of the increasing difficulty of obtaining them for teaching purposes. In embryology, the major challenge is to help the student to understand the 3D rotations that happen during normal intrauterine development. For cellular and tissular biology and medical histology, the need for an increased contextual orientation will show the student why this course is important for the clinician. Core curriculum, in addition to textbooks containing basic information that students will have the time to read, is highly recommended, and finally we have to invest more time in formative rather than in storage of knowledge in the students' memory.
authors: Coordinación de Ciencias Básicas y Departamento de Biología Celular y Tisular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
authors: Teresa I
authors: TI
authors: Fortoul-van der Goes