| New focus on anatomy for surgical trainees. | |
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PMID: 19317773 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The demise of anatomy teaching in the undergraduate medical curriculum has inevitably reduced the general level of applied anatomical knowledge displayed by junior doctors. Initiatives such as the European Working Time Directive have exacerbated the problem by reducing trainees' opportunities to acquire appropriate anatomical knowledge and clinical skills through workplace training. Medical Schools and postgraduate Colleges and Schools of Surgery must work together to design and deliver quality-assured courses in core and non-core anatomy, that cross the undergraduate/postgraduate interface. All medical students should learn a core syllabus of anatomy, agreed by a panel of clinicians and anatomists but delivered according to the pedagogic style favoured by individual Medical Schools. This core will define the anatomy, that all F1 doctors should know, particularly the anatomy associated with clinical procedures: it will be assessed across all years of the undergraduate medical programme. Medical Schools should also offer modules in non-core surgical and/or radiological anatomy, some of which may be designed and delivered in partnership with Colleges of Surgery and Radiology: these modules would be particularly attractive to students contemplating a career in surgery or interventional radiology, but would not be offered exclusively to this cohort. At present, the inadequate anatomical knowledge of Foundation doctors must be addressed by ensuring that early postgraduate training programmes include explicit, formal teaching in anatomy, for example, the Core Surgical Anatomy course currently being piloted at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. |
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Authors:
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Susan Standring |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: ANZ journal of surgery Volume: 79 ISSN: 1445-2197 ISO Abbreviation: ANZ J Surg Publication Date: 2009 Mar |
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Created Date: 2009-03-25 Completed Date: 2009-05-25 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101086634 Medline TA: ANZ J Surg Country: Australia |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 114-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Anatomy and Human Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London, UK. susan.standring@kcl.ac.uk |
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Anatomy
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education* Education, Medical, Graduate General Surgery / education* Humans Internship and Residency Students, Medical |
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