A scoping review of teaching approaches and learning objectives for anatomical variation in gross anatomy courses across degree programs.

ABSTRACT: Gross anatomy is often taught and assessed based on a "standard" view of the human body, limiting students' exposure to normal variation, creating a potential curricular gap in the training of future anatomists and health care professionals. This scoping review explores learning objectives and teaching approaches associated with anatomical variation in undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses. Six primary databases and gray literature sources were searched. Records that described either implicit or explicit approaches for teaching anatomical variation in gross anatomy courses at the undergraduate, graduate, or professional level were included. Source selection, data extraction, and analysis followed the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. Human donor dissection was the most common

SUBMITTER: Vieno-Corbett K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12413476 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature