The importance of gross anatomy

I've been around quite a while now and heard the arguments come and go for the relevance of gross anatomy teaching, especially when it comes to cadaveric based teaching. We use cadavers at King's and we take our gross anatomical teaching seriously. It may be of interest that the Royal College of Surgeons has just increased its Part A exam from 45 to 75 anatomy questions. This is to address the obvious need for surgeons in training to have more anatomical knowledge and to place the emphasis on the important of anatomical knowledge.

NEW Sports Exercise degree coming soon

A brand NEW degree course starts at King's next year. The Anatomy Department will be teaching the vital anatomical knowledge for students on this course. Working with The Aerospace Department, we will are excited to be delivering anatomy to a sector of learners from ever diversifying disciplines. If you'd like to be involved with he teaching or want any more information then just drop me a line.

3D Anatomy printing

A new, innovative and exciting course in 3D anatomy printing will start next term. There are already many applications of 3D printing in medicine and surgery and it is a useful adjunct teaching and imaging method too. Students will be on the "journey" of development and reflection on the course. This is exciting I believe and opens the doors of this technology to merge with more traditional methods of anatomical working parts and learning.