Place of the discipline "Human Anatomy” in Medical Education of the 21st Century

Abstract

Domestic higher medical education is going through a difficult period of reform of its training programs. These reforms are aimed at integrating Russian specialists into the global professional community. At the same time, the teaching of basic morphological disciplines, such as human anatomy and topographic anatomy with operative surgery, in most universities does not correspond to the main vectors of this process. In the presented article the main problems of teaching these disciplines are examined and ways of their solution are suggested. To maintain the background level of knowledge on human anatomy, two blocks are proposed: "General Anatomy” for the first year and "Special Anatomy” for the fourth year. This from the author's point of view makes it easier to learn the basics of body structure by undergraduate students and motivates undergraduates to more detailed study of anatomy in close integration with the clinic. Teaching of topographic anatomy and operative surgery is suggested to be carried out not only on 3-4 courses, but also on the postgraduate stage of training, then the level of training of specialists in domestic medicine will be higher.