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Open Access Research in Anatomy The Importance of Anatomy and Dissection in the Human Corpse Antonio Bernardes* Associate Professor, University of Coimbra, Portugal *Corresponding author: Antonio Bernardes, Associate Professor, University of Coimbra, Rua Antonio Jardim, Urbanizacao Quinta do Cedro, lote 1, 3000-036 Coimbra-Portugal Submission: October 7, 2017; Published: October 13, 2017 DOI: 10.31031/OARA.2017.01.000506 ISSN: 2577-1922 Volume1 Issue2

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  • We have witnessed in several countries a decrease in the number of “anatomical vocations” for several reasons, but mostly because of clinical disciplines that are more attractive

  • It is necessary to make successive updates to the pre-graduate curriculum, the latter which are required to contemplate additions of modern subjects, while fundamental disciplines such as Anatomy have seen their hours reduced in some schools in a worrying way

  • Students are faced with the difficult reality of being forced to learn in a minimum period of time the most basic essential information to the understanding of other subjects and good medical practice

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We have witnessed in several countries a decrease in the number of “anatomical vocations” for several reasons, but mostly because of clinical disciplines that are more attractive. *Corresponding author: Antonio Bernardes, Associate Professor, University of Coimbra, Rua Antonio Jardim, Urbanizacao Quinta do Cedro, lote 1, 3000-036 Coimbra-Portugal, Tel: 00351919695799, Email: Submission: October 7, 2017; Published: October 13, 2017 Medical sciences have been enriched by new disciplines whose knowledge is imposed on future physicians.

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