An Innovative Master in Anatomy: Combining Anatomy With Educational Scholarship

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to describe the design of a unique, bilingual (English and French) Master of Applied Sciences (M.Sc.) in Anatomical Sciences Education (ASE) program at a Canadian postsecondary institution. Anatomy is a core foundational discipline that is essential to many undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in the health sciences. However, the number of new individuals with the necessary knowledge base and the pedagogical training to teach cadaveric anatomy are in short supply and cannot satisfy the number of openings for trained educators in the field. The M.Sc. in ASE was created to meet the increasingly critical need for instructors trained in human anatomy. The program is designed to prepare students for a career teaching human anatomy to students in the

SUBMITTER: Jalali A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10278392 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature