Introducing students to medicine by an expanded gross anatomy course

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There have been many efforts to modify the medical curriculum, motivated either by the genuine desire to improve it, or at least the illusion of progress that it brings. Those efforts have frequently yet unproductively sought to get students to glimpse clinics even before they have finished with the basic sciences. Fortunately, genuine improvement in the medical curricula is possible with the advances in imaging technology in recent years. For example, imaging technology integrated with gross anatomy can allow students to understand the relevance of the basic sciences to clinical medicine.

Editorial, Medical education

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Deconstructing disease: an anatomy of illness in the age of molecular biology

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Diseases have been named and 'located' according to their concepts of etiology and the characteristics of the disease processes based on bedside observations and laboratory examinations. Such classification of diseases is a continuous effort among the scientists as new findings are unraveled, especially with the application of current advances in molecular biological techniques which try to fragment and dissect diseases into fine details. The ultimate effect of this is a better understanding of diseases to be able to serve patients with well-designed therapeutic management schemes.

Usage, Diseases, Molecular biology

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The Platonic origins of anatomy

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It is possible to see the origins of anatomy in Plato's 'Timaeus'. One of the key themes of this work is organic teleology. Plato emphasizes organic purposiveness and self-organization, offering a detailed analysis of the way the body is organized and the resultant life processes. Plato views the world order as emerging from a dichotomy of mind and necessity. From this dichotomy it is only a short step to the biologist's focus on means and end in the animal kingdom.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Human anatomy, Plato, Teleology

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