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Amanda J. Meyer; Jamie A. Chapman – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2024
Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (AANZ) medical schools have been impacted by curricular changes and the introduction of virtual microscopy (VM). No survey has explicitly described the outcome of these events on histology education in AANZ. This study provides a cross-sectional overview of histology education in accredited medical schools across…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Schools, Medical Education, Anatomy
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Flack, Natasha A. M. S.; Nicholson, Helen D. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2018
Dissection has long been the accepted method for teaching anatomy to medical students. More recently, some educators have suggested that easier, cheaper, alternative methods are just as effective. But what do the students think? This paper aimed to identify what undergraduate medical students learn, how they cope, and what effects participating in…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Laboratory Procedures, Anatomy
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Trautman, Jodie; McAndrew, Darryl; Craig, Steven J. – Australian Journal of Education, 2019
Objectives: To detail how human anatomy is currently being taught and assessed in Australian and New Zealand medical schools. Methods: Medical schools in Australia and New Zealand were invited to respond to an online survey of their teaching and assessment of human anatomy in the 2018 academic year. The results are compared with 2008 data. Changes…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Human Body, Medical Schools, Medical Education
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Spronken-Smith, Rachel; Walker, Rebecca – Studies in Higher Education, 2010
Inquiry-based learning has been promoted as a student-centred approach that can strengthen the links between teaching and research. This article examines the potential of inquiry-based learning to strengthen the teaching-research nexus by analysing three case studies: a "structured inquiry" third-year endocrinology medicine module, a…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Inquiry, Ecology, Teaching Methods
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Cornwall, Jon; Stringer, Mark D. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2009
The debate surrounding the use of cadavers in teaching anatomy has focused almost exclusively on the pedagogic role of cadaver dissection in medical education. The aim of this study was to explore the wider aspects of a body bequest program for teaching and research into gross anatomy in a University setting. A retrospective audit was undertaken…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Schools, Health Personnel, Research
Brown, Elinor L., Ed.; Gibbons, Pamela E., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
This volume of Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice takes a resource perspective toward culture, ethnicity, and race. Its purpose is to foster global dialog about race and ethnicity, with an emphasis on sharing strategies and solutions. While one might view problems stemming from racial and ethnic differences as intractable, the book's…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Race, Politics of Education, Educational Policy
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Crampton, Peter; Dowell, Anthony; Parkin, Chris; Thompson, Caroline – Academic Medicine, 2003
Provides a perspective from New Zealand on the role of medical education in addressing racism in medicine. New Zealand nursing curricula have introduced the concept of cultural safety as a means of conveying the idea that cultural factors critically influence the relationship between carer and patient. Describes a cultural immersion program for…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Higher Education