Anatomical Sciences Education

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Chinese anatomy educators' perceptions of blended learning in anatomy education: A national survey in the post‐COVID‐19 era	435
Predicting performance in a doctor of physical therapy gross anatomy course based on an exploratory factor analysis of the anatomical self‐efficacy instrument	81
Predictive factors of academic success in neuromusculoskeletal anatomy among doctor of physical therapy students	77
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	61
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Donor memorialization practices at religious institutions in the United States	53
Empathy and cultural humility: Caribbean medical students' experience in Taiwan's Silent Teacher family interviews	52
Departing from standard practices: Strategic application of value engineering in the anatomy laboratory to enhance formaldehyde extraction using high‐impact, low‐cost, and low‐maintenance solutions	43
Histology as a paradigm for a science‐based learning experience: Visits by histology education spirits of past, present, and future	40
Commemoration of body donors in a religiously diverse society: A tale of two Korean medical schools	36
Show them what they can't see! An evaluation of the use of customized 3D printed models in head and neck anatomy	35
Developing 3D models using photogrammetry for virtual reality training in anatomy	34
The value of in‐person undergraduate dissection in anatomical education in the time of Covid‐19	32
Effect of peer facilitation in anatomy small group curriculum on academic performance and retention: A pilot study	31
Teaching respect for body donors: A US medical student perspective	30
Three‐dimensional printing in anatomy education: Is it similarly useful for teaching of all anatomical regions and structures?	30
Anatomy as embodied resistance in an age of digital abstraction	30
A comparison of pre‐ and post‐clinical education learning preferences among medical students who elected to dissect compared to those who did not during the COVID‐19 pandemic	29
21st Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA)	29
3D wildlife skull models for wildlife veterinary training	28
Student perceptions of remote versus on‐campus gross anatomy laboratories during COVID‐19	28
Transforming histology students from passive lecture listeners into active lecture learners	27
A librarian's view of APA PsycTests, a database for psychological tests and measures	27
Graduate anatomy education: How are we training the future generations of anatomy educators?	27
Motivational factors, attitudes, and knowledge about the cadaveric body donation program among body donors in Myanmar	27

The longitudinal development of low‐academic performance medical students' key self‐regulated learning processes during a basic sciences nervous system block using a combined diary intervention	26
A randomized trial comparing cadaveric dissection and examination of prosections as applied surgical anatomy teaching pedagogies	26
The question of dissection in medical training: Not just “if,” but “when”? A student perspective	25
Intentional grouping and team building within the gross anatomy laboratory	23
Activating teaching philosophy statements: A call to action for anatomy educators	23
Prior anatomy experience among medical students: What difference does it make?	22
Anatomy beyond the pandemic: A Q‐methodology study exploring student perceptions toward a hybrid curriculum	22
Naked eye three‐dimensional teaching assistant system applied to undergraduate medical imaging education: A pilot study	22
Gaze and hand behaviors during haptic abilities testing—An update to multimedia learning theory	21
The importance of diverse and accurate descriptions of genital anatomy in textbooks	20
A new classmate in anatomy education: 3D anatomical modeling medical students’ engagement on learning through self‐prepared anatomical models	19
Israeli medical faculties' response to the COVID‐19 crisis vis‐à‐vis anatomical education: The cultivation of future academic leadership—A national mixed‐methods study	19
Education Abstracts	19
Does dissection influence weight bias among doctor of physical therapy students?	19
Universal design for learning in anatomy education of healthcare students: A scoping review	18
The current state of anatomy education in United States doctor of physical therapy programs	18
Faculty retirements will likely exacerbate the anatomy educator shortage	18
Job prospects and career pathways for human anatomy graduates from the University of Otago: Implications for student support and professional development	18
Design for assessment of dissection in anatomy laboratory based on group identification of structures and peer evaluation	17
Uncovering the benefits of a multimodal intervention centered around plastinates in initial anatomy education via thematic analysis of personal reflections of medical students	17
The Global Neuroanatomy Network: A new repository of open educational resources	17
Medical students' examinations during the pandemic: Performance and perceptions of anatomy teaching and learning before, during, and after COVID‐19 lockdowns	17
Analysis of the ethical issues in authorship of collaborative research. Observations inspired by the historical case study of Gerard L. Blaes' (Blasius) claim to sole authorship of ‘Anatome medullae s	16
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	16
Learning in context: Undergraduate students' knowledge and the content retention of anatomy between discipline‐specific and integrated course approaches	16
Creating a novel 3D‐printed model for teaching pelvic floor anatomy	16
The effectiveness of immersive virtual reality as a student‐centered tool for learning neuroanatomy: A single‐blind randomized controlled trial with physiotherapy students	15
Update on the state of the anatomy educator shortage	15
Día de Muertos: A confluence of gross anatomy, culture, and spirituality	15
Open‐source large language models in medical education: Balancing promise and challenges	15
Current trends in anatomy course characteristics across US physician assistant programs	15
Anxiety, emotions, and thoughts of veterinary medicine students during their first visit to the dissection room	14
The rise of ChatGPT: Exploring its potential in medical education	14
Narrative inquiry for beginners: A practical guide for health professions education researchers	14
How students discern anatomical structures using digital three‐dimensional visualizations in anatomy education	14
The impact of an immersive virtual reality anatomy lab for informal science education	14
Clinicians' opinions on the clinical relevance of anatomy education at Stellenbosch University	13
Education Abstracts	13
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	13
Application of augmented reality models of canine skull in veterinary anatomical education	13
Environmental sustainability in anatomy: A call for action	13
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“The tactile realness of ‘life’ is hitting me in the face”: Unprompted student reflections of dissection using formalin‐ and Thiel‐embalmed donors	13
Comparing assisting technologies for proficiency in cardiac morphology: 3D printing and mixed reality versus CT slice images for morphological understanding of congenital heart d	12
Investigating the effectiveness of three‐dimensionally printed anatomical models compared with plastinated human specimens in learning cardiac and neck anatomy: A randomized crossover study	12
Do religious and cultural considerations militate against body donation? An overview and a Christian perspective	12
Fostering uncertainty tolerance in anatomy education: Lessons learned from how humanities, arts and social science (HASS) educators develop learners' uncertainty tolerance	12
“A lot of it is about feel”: The promise of sensory ethnography for anatomical education research	12
Immersive virtual reality and augmented reality in anatomy education: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	12
Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities	12

A comparison of student perspectives on body donation across healthcare professional programs: From prosection‐ to dissection‐based curricula	11
Evaluating group dynamics through peer assessment during a global student collaboration of interprofessional healthcare education: A longitudinal study across 33 universities	11
“Preparing them for the profession”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of anatomy educators coping with complexity in the United Kingdom curriculum	11
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Current and potential use of fresh frozen cadaver in surgical training and anatomical education	11
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	11
Reimagining human dissection in preclinical medical education using studio‐based learning: A retrospective pilot study	11
Virtual sketching‐based dental anatomy module improves learners' abilities to use computer‐aided design to create dental restorations and prostheses	11
Bringing anatomy to life: Evaluating a novel ultrasound curriculum in the anatomy laboratory	11
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A gamified resource for learning anatomy terminology aids retention	11
“Don't fix the fumes but compromise the learning”: Response to the letter by Matthew J. Zdilla: “Sound off: Noise in the gross‐anatomy laboratory”	11
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Survey sabotage: Insights into reducing the risk of fraudulent responses in online surveys	10
Are neuroanatomy multimedia resources effective in improving medical students' understanding of structural and functional neuroanatomy? A systematic review	10
“Lives and times”: The case for qualitative longitudinal research in anatomical sciences education	10
Radiology for anatomy educators: Success of an online, 2‐day course for radiology training	10
Promoting metacognition in an allied health anatomy course	10
A pilot study of the anatomical self‐efficacy instrument for clinical clerkships (ASEI‐CC)	10
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Implementing virtual reality technology to teach medical college systemic anatomy: A pilot study	10
The simulation paradox: Does perfecting virtual anatomy risk imperfecting professional empathy?	10
Implementation of plastinated specimens in a Doctor of Physical Therapy human anatomy curriculum	10
A review of the ethical considerations for the use of 3D printed materials in medical and allied health education and a proposed collective path forward	10
Personalization above anonymization? A role for considering the humanity and spirituality of the dead in anatomical education	10
Exploring body donation communication with large language models: Accuracy, readability, and ethical considerations	10
A pilot study exploring the effectiveness of binaural beats at reducing anxiety associated with cadaveric dissection	10
Prospective comparative study on enhancing geometrical mental representation and anatomical learning in medical students through modeling clay as an assessment tool	10
Education Abstracts	9
Flipped spotters learning model: An innovative student activity‐based strategy. A preparation tool for anatomy practical examinations in medical education	9
Legislative harmonization for body donation in mainland China: A call for national reform	9
Virtual reality in nursing anatomy education: Benefits and implementation considerations	9
Perspectives of online anatomy teachers: A neglected study population struggles with the invisible student	9
Remote learning during Covid‐19 lockdown: A study on anatomy and histology education for pharmacy students in Jordan	9
Measuring students' perceptions of virtual reality for learning anatomy using the general extended technology acceptance model for E‐learning	9
AI's ability to interpret unlabeled anatomy images and supplement educational research as an AI rater	9
How human anatomy is being taught in entry‐level occupational therapy programs in the United States	9
Teaching human anatomy before during and after COVID‐19 pandemic: A longitudinal study on kinesiology students' performance, cognitive load, and congruent embodied learning	9
Unveiling disparity: A call to action for gender diversity in anatomy journal editorial teams	8
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A picture's worth a thousand words: Enhancing qualitative data collection with rich pictures	8
Doing more with less: Realistic stereoscopic three‐dimensional anatomical modeling from smartphone photogrammetry	8
The road to best practices in body donation	8
Effects of tablet‐based drawing and paper‐based methods on medical students' learning of gross anatomy	8
A limited global perspective on what makes anatomical public engagement good or bad	8
Anatomy at the threshold: Teaching the human body in a hybrid age	8
Macro and micro ethics in fetal and embryological collections: Exploring the paradigms of informed consent among Australian education‐focused stakeholders	8
Scoping review: The use of augmented reality in clinical anatomical education and its assessment tools	8
Emerging trends on the anatomy teaching reforms in the last 10 years: Based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace	7
Responding to the healthcare workforce shortage: A scoping review exploring anatomical pathologists' professional identities over time	7
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The importance of science communication and public engagement to professional associations	7
The effect of simulation‐based education before a cadaver dissection course	7
Education Abstracts	7
Effects of the individual three‐dimensional printed craniofacial bones with a quick response code on the skull spatial knowledge of undergraduate medical students	7
Enhancing exam question quality in medical education through bootstrapping	7
Correction to Emerging trends on the anatomy teaching reforms in the last 10 years: Based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace	7
The impact of asynchronous online anatomy teaching and smaller learning groups in the anatomy laboratory on medical students’ performance during the Covid‐19 pandemic	7
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Instagram Reels improve students' knowledge, motivation, perception, and satisfaction with anatomy and physiology	7
#Anatomynotes: A temporal content analysis of anatomy education posts on Instagram	7
Effects of digital escape room versus traditional review sessions with individual or team participation on medical student motivation and short‐term knowledge	7
Promoting more future‐ready anatomy education after the Covid‐19 pandemic: A scoping review	7
Interactive audio human organ model combined with team‐based learning improves the motivation and performance of nursing students in learning anatomy and physiology	7
The future of anatomy teaching post‐pandemic: An academic viewpoint	7
A video dissection guide for the en bloc extraction of the human central nervous system	7
Correction to “The rise of ChatGPT: Exploring its potential in medical education”	7
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	7
Development and implementation of a three‐dimensional (3D) printing elective course for health science students	6
Technological resources for teaching and learning about human anatomy in the medical course: Systematic review of literature	6
Musculoskeletal ultrasound training encourages self‐directed learning and increases confidence for clinical and anatomical appreciation of first‐year medical students	6
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	6
A preliminary comparison of bellringer performance across three visual modalities for the assessment of anatomy knowledge	6
The combined effects of an anatomy program integrating drawing and gamification on basic psychological needs satisfaction among sport sciences students: Results of a natural experiment	6
Comparing the emotional experiences of students in similar dissection‐ and prosection‐based medical gross anatomy courses: A mixed‐methods study	6
Student's perspectives of inclusive practices in anatomy education	6
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Sourcing and utilization of bodies of the deceased for medical education and research: An examination of West African universities	6
The role of spatial ability in mixed reality learning with the HoloLens	6

Augmented and virtual reality in anatomy education: Can they be effective if they do not provide immersive experience?	6
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Faith and facts: Exploring the intersection of religion and science among anatomy educators	6
An analysis of anatomy education before and during Covid‐19: August–December 2020	6
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	6
Transfer of learning in histology: Insights from a longitudinal study	6
The use of artificial intelligence to detect students' sentiments and emotions in gross anatomy reflections	6
Body donation under Italy's recent legal reforms: A cross‐sectional study of attitudes, beliefs, and educational gaps among medical students and faculty	6
Does viewing pre‐lab dissection summary videos correlate with student performance outcomes in medical gross anatomy?	5
Creating new embryological models for teaching cardiac development in embryology	5
Evaluation of the online learning of veterinary anatomy education during the Covid‐19 pandemic lockdown in Egypt: Students' perceptions	5
Chaotic fun! Promoting active recall of anatomical structures and relationships using the Catch‐Phrase game	5
“Spine to the future”—A narrative review of anatomy engagement	5
The relationship between body donation and attitudes toward death and altruism in Changsha City in China	5
Validating instructional design and predicting student performance in histology education: Using machine learning via virtual microscopy	5
Are stereotypes in decline? The portrayal of female anatomy in e‐learning	5
The globalization of neuroscience education	5
Turkish anatomists' preferences to continue teaching after death and how it is impacted by their religious beliefs	5
Learning functional human anatomy with a new interactive three‐dimensional digital tool	5
Early practice makes histology masters: The use of a formative assessment quiz to prepare histology learners for a high‐stakes final examination	5
Exploring response process validity of uncertainty tolerance scales implemented among health professions students	5
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Investigating the status of whole‐body donation across the United States of America	5
Perceptions, satisfactions, and performance of undergraduate students during Covid‐19 emergency remote teaching	5
Everyone can draw: An inclusive and transformative activity for conceptualization of topographic anatomy	5
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Expanding worldviews on psychometric analysis of measurement tools in health professions education and research	5
Profiting from public dissection: A new era of unethical practices	5
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	5
Factors correlated with body donation acceptance in Hunan Province in China: A combined retrospective and cross‐sectional analysis	5
Medical Jargon: A game‐based anatomy and physiology review for high school students in a summer pathway program	5
Lessons learned from conducting assessments in radioanatomy courses on learning management systems	5
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Fine‐tuning the standard setting of objective structured practical examinations in clinical anatomy	4
Twenty years on: The rationale and use of the clinical cross‐sectional orientation in neuroanatomy	4
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An analysis of the relationship of “the Mozart effect” with BDNF levels in anatomy education	4
Journal recommended guidelines for survey‐based research	4
Dyad pedagogy in practical anatomy: A description of the implementation and student perceptions of an adaptive approach to cadaveric teaching	4
Projection of realistic three‐dimensional photogrammetry models using stereoscopic display: A technical note	4
Payment with knowledge: A method for a training of anatomy near‐peer teachers and formation of future anatomists	4
The Clinical Anatomy Fellowship: Revolutionizing curricular experiences for faculty and students	4
Introducing medical students to radiological anatomy: The importance of experiential learning during the Covid‐19 pandemic lockdowns	4
Flipped classroom assisted by Rain Classroom for anatomy practical classes: Challenges and opportunities of anatomy education	4
Students with prior anatomy experience start out stronger in medical school gross anatomy	4
Anatomical societies find new ways to come together in a post‐Covid world	4
First patient project: Engaging pathology through the donor dissection experience and its role in professionalism	4
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On creation, pneumothorax, death, and the breath of God	4
Supporting collaborative dissection through the development of an online wiki positively impacts the learning of veterinary anatomy	4
Curriculum of gross anatomy education in Korean dental hygiene programs: Perceptions of clinical dental hygienists	4
Evaluating AI‐powered text‐to‐image generators for anatomical illustration: A comparative study	4
Evaluating major curriculum changes: Ensuring a psychologically safe learning environment is achieved for graduate students	3
Dissecting human anatomy learning process through anatomical education with augmented reality: AEducAR 2.0, an updated interdisciplinary study	3
A great betrayal: Indictment of morgue employee for allegedly selling human remains from the Harvard body donation program	3
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Using represented bodies in Renaissance artworks to teach musculoskeletal and surface anatomy	3
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Impact of gross anatomy laboratory on student written examination performance: A 3‐year study of a large‐enrollment undergraduate anatomy course	3
‘SOMS BrainSpace’: A digital serious game for undergraduate neuroscience	3
Automated grading of anatomical objective structured practical examinations using decision trees: An artificial intelligence approach	3
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A practical guide to using diary methods in qualitative research	3
Contemporary ethical standards and the presence of exhibitors at anatomy conferences	3
A slide into obscurity? The current state of histology education in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand medical curricula in 2022–2023	3
Exploring reliable photogrammetry techniques for 3D modeling in anatomical research and education	3
Exploring the impact of interactive movement‐based anatomy learning in real classroom setting among kinesiology students	3
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	3
Adaptation of an anatomy graduate course in ultrasound imaging from in‐person to live, remote instruction during the Covid‐19 pandemic	3
Gaze cueing improves pattern recognition of histology learners	3
Anatomical sciences education needs to promote academic excellence of ethnic minority students—Evidence from Pasifika students at the University of Otago	3
Introducing the contextual digital divide: Insights from microscopic anatomy on usage behavior and effectiveness of digital versus face‐to‐face learning	3
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The freedom to teach (at the best)	3
Meta2: A meta‐analysis and psychometric evaluation of the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) in the context of health professions education	3
Breaking the norm: Anatomical variation and its key role in medical education	3
Reconsidering laboratory‐based anatomy within the backdrop of digital transformation: Bringing an old practice into a new world	3
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Exploring the relationship between entertainment and education in anatomy public engagement: A qualitative examination of anatomists' perspectives	3
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	3
Understanding beliefs, preferences and actions amongst potential body donors	3
Survey response rates in health sciences education research: A 10‐year meta‐analysis	3
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	3
Evaluating knowledge loss over multiple retention intervals can identify deficiencies and inform curricular development	3
Emotional preparedness for human body donor dissection in premedical education: A pilot program evaluation	3
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The cognitive structure of gross anatomy knowledge in physiotherapy students	2
How do practicing physical therapists perceive anatomy education?	2
Do active learning techniques promote higher academic performance in an online graduate anatomy course?	2