title: Interprofessional approach for teaching functional knee joint anatomy.
abstract: Profound knowledge in functional and clinical anatomy is a prerequisite for efficient diagnosis in medical practice. However, anatomy teaching does not always consider functional and clinical aspects. Here we introduce a new interprofessional approach to effectively teach the anatomy of the knee joint. The presented teaching approach involves anatomists, orthopaedists and physical therapists to teach anatomy of the knee joint in small groups under functional and clinical aspects. The knee joint courses were implemented during early stages of the medical curriculum and medical students were grouped with students of physical therapy to sensitize students to the importance of interprofessional work. Evaluation results clearly demonstrate that medical students and physical therapy students appreciated this teaching approach. First evaluations of following curricular anatomy exams suggest a benefit of course participants in knee-related multiple choice questions. Together, the interprofessional approach presented here proves to be a suitable approach to teach functional and clinical anatomy of the knee joint and further trains interprofessional work between prospective physicians and physical therapists as a basis for successful healthcare management.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University Freiburg, Albertstraße 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Jakob J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Basel Hospital, Petersgraben 4 CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Markus M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Obmann
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Elsässer Straße 2 m, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gießler
authors.affiliation: Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University Freiburg, Albertstraße 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schuldis
authors.affiliation: Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University Freiburg, Albertstraße 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Gesundheitsschulen Südwest GmbH, Parkweg 18, 79312 Emmendingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ann-Kathrin
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Brückner
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Buger Straße 80, 96049 Bamberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Strohm
authors.affiliation: Gesundheitsschulen Südwest GmbH, Parkweg 18, 79312 Emmendingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sandeck
authors.affiliation: Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University Freiburg, Albertstraße 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany. Electronic address: bjoern.spittau@anat.uni-freiburg.de.
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spittau
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000193:education; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty / Q000193:education; D010820:Physicians; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013334:Students; D013337:Students, Medical; D013663:Teaching; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anatomy teaching; Interprofessionalism; Knee joint anatomy; Medical students; Physiotherapy