Beschreibung:
During the last decade of the 20th Century and the first decade of the 21st Century curricular reform has been a popular theme. In fact, reform on the current scale has not occurred since the early 1900's after Abraham Flexner released his landmark report “Medical Education in the United States and Canada”. His report, suggesting major changes in how physicians were educated, became the norm and has generally stayed intact until the last 20 years. During that time increased demands on medical school curriculums related to the explosion of knowledge in biomedical sciences and the pressure to add additional clinical experiences have increased the momentum for curriculum reform. For the educator in the anatomical sciences curricular reform has been a time of excitement, fear, apprehension, etc. How have these curricular changes affected education in the anatomical sciences? And, what types of innovative teaching activities have anatomists developed that mesh with the philosophy for educating physicians in the 21st century?