Medical science teaching needs stronger support from universities and a better career structure for anatomists
✍ Scribed by Peter H. Dangerfield
- Book ID
- 101763894
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0897-3806
- DOI
- 10.1002/ca.20123
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✦ Synopsis
These viewpoint articles voice worries about surgical training in the United Kingdom. Stephen J. Hanna and Tjun Tang are surgical trainees who took their medical degrees just before the changes introduced in response to the General Medical Council's directive, Tomorrow's Doctors. They express their concerns about the anatomical knowledge of surgical trainees. Sara Ramsey also emphasises the importance of sound anatomical knowledge but gives a different perspective. She is also a surgical trainee but studied medicine in a new curriculum. Finally Peter H. Dangerfield, an experienced anatomy teacher and examiner at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, gives more background and his viewpoint. Although reflecting the current situation in the United Kingdom, the issues raised are of international interest. It is hoped that the viewpoints presented will be of interest to readers of Clinical Anatomy and deepen discussion and debate.