What topics is this website about?
In order to guide you, we see your professional development as a force for positive change in medical education. We have set up supporting materials and tools to enhance the quality of your teaching in the dissection room. As an anatomist of an English language medical program, you regularly face situations where you are expected to assess in English the behaviour of your students both inside and outside the dissecting room. Our TOPICS attempt to answer the following question: what skills, competences, values and attitudes do you need as an anatomist to help the professional development of your international students to live and work as competent doctors in the world today?
TOPIC 1 - Global Standards in Medical Education
TOPIC 2 - Professionalism in Teaching and Learning Anatomy
TOPIC 3 - Teaching Traditions in Anatomy
TOPIC 4 - Modern Pedagogical Frameworks in Anatomy
TOPIC 5 - Mental Health Management in Anatomy
We performed a rigorous literature review on each of these topics. Findings of our analysis you can check out by clicking on the topics above.
Who has developed these learning materials?
Each partner university was responsible for coordinating the analysis as follows:
TOPIC 1 - University of Pécs;
TOPIC 2 - Masaryk University,
TOPIC 3 - University of Zagreb,
TOPIC 4 - Karolinska Institute,
TOPIC 5 - University of Pécs.
Our analysis examined the professional role of anatomists, their historical contributions, and how they delivered value in the past and could deliver value in the present, from epistemic, psychological, sociocultural, and economic perspectives. Our analysis focused on Central European anatomists and anatomy course organizers from Hungarian, Czech, and Croatian medical schools. A training program covering the above topics was developed, informed by globally recognized anatomists and scholars from Cambridge University and Karolinska Institutet. These experts brought excellence and international expertise to the project, equipping participants with critical knowledge tailored to the anatomy profession. This knowledge was then adapted to the unique needs of anatomists, aided by a workshop collaboratively designed by the project coordinator, a leading clinical anatomist from Cambridge University, and an educational developer from Karolinska Institutet.
Further details of our analysis can be found in the preprint of our manuscripts which we have submitted to peer review educational journals for publication.
How to use our learning materials?
In a lifelong learning perspective, you can implement some of our recommended strategies and good teaching practices in your local anatomy traditions.
We offer you four levels of engagement to meet your professional development needs about each of our topics:
Navigate freely through the TOPICS and TOOLS menus of our website, focusing on specific needs you are already aware of as an experienced anatomist or course director of anatomy courses.
Follow the LEANbody Roadmap we have put together to help you identify strengths and weaknesses within your own teaching routine. Based on your self-assessment results you can now navigate freely through the TOPICS and TOOLS menus of our website to look for relevant best practices and find concrete tips and tools for enhancing your own teaching routine.
Download and use the LEANbody Guidebook for more guidance in an accurate self-assessment process. The Guidebook is free to download and it contains useful hints on how to use each of the LEANbody self-assessment tools.