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View article: White Matter Dissection: Lessons from the United Kingdom National Neuroanatomy Undergraduate Competition 2023
White Matter Dissection: Lessons from the United Kingdom National Neuroanatomy Undergraduate Competition 2023 Open
Objective This narrative highlights a student-led initiative that explored white matter dissection techniques within the framework of the National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition 2023. Materials and Methods The project aimed to enha…
View article: Investigating the impact of remote neuroanatomy education during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic using online examination performance in a National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition
Investigating the impact of remote neuroanatomy education during the <span>COVID</span>‐19 pandemic using online examination performance in a National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition Open
Neuroanatomy is a notoriously challenging subject for medical students to learn. Due to the coronavirus disease‐19 (COVID‐19) pandemic, anatomical education transitioned to an online format. We assessed student performance in, and attitude…
View article: Can microteaching inform reflective practice?
Can microteaching inform reflective practice? Open
Microteaching was first introduced by Dwight W. Allen in the sixties and since then it has become a pivotal aspect of teacher training, particularly within medical education. As a form of teacher training, it enables teachers to reflect up…
View article: Teaching doctors how to teach
Teaching doctors how to teach Open
Doctors are required to actively participate in the training and teaching of their colleagues and therefore must be competent at teaching others. However, opportunities to develop these required teaching skills are lacking in the current m…
View article: The neuroanatomical consequences and pathological implications of bilingualism
The neuroanatomical consequences and pathological implications of bilingualism Open
In recent years, there has been a rise in the number of people who are able to speak two or more languages. This has been paralleled by an increase in research related to bilingualism. Despite this, much of the neuroanatomical consequences…
View article: Working in Creative Partnership with Students to Co‐Produce Neuroanatomy e‐Learning Resources in a New Era of Blended Learning
Working in Creative Partnership with Students to Co‐Produce Neuroanatomy e‐Learning Resources in a New Era of Blended Learning Open
Anatomists are well placed to tackle the transition from face‐to‐face to blended learning approaches as a result of the rapidly forced changes brought about by Covid‐19. The subject is extremely visual and has, therefore, previously been a…
View article: The Efficacy of Interdisciplinary Near-Peer Teaching Within Neuroanatomical Education—Preliminary Observations
The Efficacy of Interdisciplinary Near-Peer Teaching Within Neuroanatomical Education—Preliminary Observations Open
Near-Peer Teaching (NPT) is increasingly becoming an integral part of the medical curriculum. When considered alongside the increasing popularity of interdisciplinary education, it seems appropriate to explore NPT within an interdisciplina…
View article: Multiple‐Choice versus Open‐Ended Questions in Advanced Clinical Neuroanatomy: Using a National Neuroanatomy Assessment to Investigate Variability in Performance Using Different Question Types
Multiple‐Choice versus Open‐Ended Questions in Advanced Clinical Neuroanatomy: Using a National Neuroanatomy Assessment to Investigate Variability in Performance Using Different Question Types Open
Methods of assessment in anatomy vary across medical schools in the United Kingdom (UK) and beyond; common methods include written, spotter, and oral assessment. However, there is limited research evaluating these methods in regards to stu…
View article: Reviewing the Role of Instagram in Education: Can a Photo Sharing Application Deliver Benefits to Medical and Dental Anatomy Education?
Reviewing the Role of Instagram in Education: Can a Photo Sharing Application Deliver Benefits to Medical and Dental Anatomy Education? Open
Instagram is an increasingly popular social media site tailored towards sharing photos and videos. An audit investigating current Instagram accounts focusing on anatomy education found a variety of successful teaching styles, including cli…
View article: The National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition: a platform for promoting interest and engagement in neuroscience among undergraduate UK medical students
The National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition: a platform for promoting interest and engagement in neuroscience among undergraduate UK medical students Open
The National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition (NUNC) is a student-led annual event, which is composed of two examinations – a specimen-based gross neuroanatomical spotter exam and a clinically-orientated multiple choice paper – and h…
View article: Identifying Medical Student Perceptions on the Difficulty of Learning Different Topics of the Undergraduate Anatomy Curriculum
Identifying Medical Student Perceptions on the Difficulty of Learning Different Topics of the Undergraduate Anatomy Curriculum Open
Anatomy education research has identified neuroanatomy and pelvic anatomy as particularly challenging to medical students. However, perceptions of the whole undergraduate anatomy curriculum have not been properly determined. One hundred ei…
View article: Learning clinical anatomy
Learning clinical anatomy Open
SUMMARY This article places the student at the center of their own learning experience. It draws together research to enable us to put forward a theoretical framework of best practice for student learning of clinical anatomy in a modern me…
View article: Ten considerations for implementing effective and sustainable near-peer teaching in clinical anatomy education
Ten considerations for implementing effective and sustainable near-peer teaching in clinical anatomy education Open
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Near-peer teaching (NPT) is becoming increasing popular in medical education. The rationale and benefits of introducing such programs have been well documented and are usual…
View article: Anatomical Society Summer Meeting at Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Anatomical Society Summer Meeting at Brighton and Sussex Medical School Open
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View article: Building near-peer teaching into the anatomy curriculum – a national perspective from anatomy educators and students
Building near-peer teaching into the anatomy curriculum – a national perspective from anatomy educators and students Open
Near-peer teaching (NPT) is a highly valuable resource in medical education, with a long estab-lished history in anatomy. In the past its application has often been informal and unregulated, how-ever, it is now becoming increasingly common…
View article: Live Tweeting at Anatomical Society conferences: a short history of its rise and impact
Live Tweeting at Anatomical Society conferences: a short history of its rise and impact Open
Background: Social media (SoMe) are increasingly becoming fundamental components of networking and dissemination at academic conferences, for which Twitter can be a valuable tool [1,2]. We sought to investigate the role, usage and contribu…
View article: Table of Contents
Table of Contents Open
Swartz describe how they developed a brain dissection protocol to teach first year medical students human neuroanatomy.The students in this image are preparing to dissect a brain while learning the anatomy of the basal nuclei.In their arti…
View article: Anatomy of a Tweet workshop: how to use social media as an academic tool
Anatomy of a Tweet workshop: how to use social media as an academic tool Open
This workshop welcomes novices and existing social media users alike, to collaborate and participate in using social media in order to disseminate information and network with other delegates. This workshop will inform delegates how social…
View article: Investigating the effect of distance between the teacher and learner on the student perception of a neuroanatomical near-peer teaching programme
Investigating the effect of distance between the teacher and learner on the student perception of a neuroanatomical near-peer teaching programme Open
We believe that these findings may be explained by the diminishing social and cognitive congruencies shared between learner and teacher with increasing distance. From our results, we hypothesise that graduation is an important threshold, w…
View article: Can medical students accurately predict their learning? A study comparing perceived and actual performance in neuroanatomy
Can medical students accurately predict their learning? A study comparing perceived and actual performance in neuroanatomy Open
It is important that clinicians are able to adequately assess their level of knowledge and competence in order to be safe practitioners of medicine. The medical literature contains numerous examples of poor self‐assessment accuracy amongst…