title: The Integrated Clinical Anatomy Program at Alfaisal University: an innovative model of teaching clinically applied functional anatomy in a hybrid curriculum.
abstract: Anatomy has historically been a cornerstone in medical education regardless of specialty. It is essential for physicians to be able to perform a variety of tasks, including performing invasive procedures, examining radiological images, performing a physical examination of a patient, etc. Medical students have to be prepared for such tasks, and we can assist this by changing the way that we educate students in medical schools. Thus, newer medical curricula need to be designed according to needs of future physicians. In this report, we describe a unique program called the Integrated Clinical Anatomy Program (ICAP). The ICAP was developed at the College of Medicine of Alfaisal University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Here, we describe the unique features of this program, including the structure and facilities of the Anatomy Resource Center. The Anatomy Resource Center plays a pivotal role in engaging the students for faculty-directed structured laboratory sessions as well as peer-assisted uniform student-centered learning. The ICAP has shown great promise, as reflected by early results from a nationwide progress test. Students from all years of the Alfaisal University medical school scored significantly higher than the national average on the anatomy and physiology component of the nationwide progress test examination, with P values of 0.0179 and 0.0015, respectively. We believe that the ICAP can be used as a model for teaching clinically applied functional anatomy to medical students in a hybrid curriculum around the world.
authors: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ayaqinuddin@alfaisal.edu.
authors: Ahmed
authors: A
authors: Yaqinuddin
authors: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Muhammad Faisal
authors: MF
authors: Ikram
authors: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Muhammad
authors: M
authors: Zafar
authors: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Nivin Sharaf
authors: NS
authors: Eldin
authors: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Muhammad Atif
authors: MA
authors: Mazhar
authors: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Sadia
authors: S
authors: Qazi
authors: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Aftab Ahmed
authors: AA
authors: Shaikh
authors: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Akef
authors: A
authors: Obeidat
authors: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Khaled
authors: K
authors: Al-Kattan
authors: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Ganguly
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013337:Students, Medical; D013663:Teaching
keywords: Anatomy Resource Center; medical education; progress test; teaching-learning outcome