Connect
MJA
MJA

Medical student-initiated anatomy education: an extracurricular experience at a regional medical school

Andrew T Hattam and Claudia M Diaz
Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): . || doi: 10.5694/mja12.10735
Published online: 20 August 2012

To the Editor: The paucity of human anatomy teaching at Australian medical schools is well established.1 Recently, a number of 4-year graduate-entry medical schools have sought to improve anatomy knowledge among students by introducing cadaver-dissection electives2 and extracurricular anatomy courses.3 Currently, 6-year undergraduate medical programs, such as at James Cook University (JCU), incorporate more anatomy education than their graduate-entry counterparts.4 However, even 6-year programs offer less anatomy education than was provided in past eras.4


  • James Cook University, Townsville, QLD.


Correspondence: andrew.hattam@my.jcu.edu.au

Acknowledgements: 

We gratefully acknowledge Dr Christine Pirrone for assistance, organisation and support in the development of this student-initiated program.

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

  • 1. Turney BW. Anatomy in a modern medical curriculum. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2007; 89: 104-107.
  • 2. Ramsey-Stewart G, Burgess AW, Hill DA. Back to the future: teaching anatomy by whole-body dissection. Med J Aust 2010; 193: 668-671. <MJA full text>
  • 3. Roberts MJ, Manoharan B, Vonau M, et al. Delivering supplemental anatomy education: the University of Queensland model [letter]. Med J Aust 2011; 195: 449. <MJA full text>
  • 4. Craig S, Tait N, Boers D, McAndrew D. Review of anatomy education in Australian and New Zealand medical schools. ANZ J Surg 2010; 80: 212-216.

Author

remove_circle_outline Delete Author
add_circle_outline Add Author

Comment
Do you have any competing interests to declare? *

I/we agree to assign copyright to the Medical Journal of Australia and agree to the Conditions of publication *
I/we agree to the Terms of use of the Medical Journal of Australia *
Email me when people comment on this article

Online responses are no longer available. Please refer to our instructions for authors page for more information.