title: Opinion of Pakistani physiotherapists/students about anatomy as a subject and method of teaching anatomy: a cross sectional survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To recognise and identify the importance of Anatomy as a subject for physiotherapists/students.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from January to October 2011 at Riphah International University, Lahore, and comprised physiotherapists registered with Pakistan Physical Therapy Association and students pursuing undergraduate physiotherapy studies at the University. A survey proforma consisting of six questions was used for data collection which was analysed using SPSS 17.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 500 questionnaires distributed among physiotherapists and students, 286(57.2%) were collected back duly filled. Overall, 280(97.9%) respondents said Anatomy was important in physical therapy, 179(62.58%) said Anatomy was a difficult subject to retain knowledge of, 155 (54.38%) were of the view that only Clinical Anatomy should be studied, 204 (71.32%) were in favour of performing dissection, 259 (90.55%) found that teaching videos were essential for the study of Anatomy, and 89 (31.11%) believed Anatomy could be memorised by multiple readings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite being a difficult subject, Anatomy is an essential subject for medical professionals.
authors.forename: Muhammad Sikander Ghayas
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Qurrat
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: ul Ain
authors.forename: Syed Imtiaz
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Hussan
authors.forename: Salman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basher
authors.forename: Humaira
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iram
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Umar
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D010154:Pakistan; D059825:Physical Therapists; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty / Q000193:education*; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires