The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) conducts an annual data collection of undergraduate medical education in both the United States and Canada. Each year, the AAMC chooses a few topics and does a deeper dive and anatomy education was a topic that had such treatment, they analyzed and offered this free data snapshot.
What does the future of anatomy for medical students look like? Nearly 98% of medical schools rely on anatomical donors, and most combine this centuries-old teaching approach with modern, clinically relevant technology and imaging tools like CT scans and MRIs. The use of prosection and dissection, opportunities for interprofessional education, and more explored in these latest survey findings.