Professionalism and anatomy: how do these two terms define our role?
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CLINICAL ANATOMY is the Official Journal of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists and the British Association of Clinical Anatomists. The goal of CLINICAL ANATOMY is to provide a medium for the exchange of current information between anatomists and clinicians. This journal embraces anatomy in all its aspects as applied to medical practice. Furthermore, the journal assists physicians and other health care providers in keeping abreast of new methodologies for patient management and informs educators of new developments in clinical anatomy and teaching techniques. CLINICAL ANATOMY publishes original and review articles of scientific, clinical, and educational interest. Papers covering the application of anatomic principles to the solution of clinical problems and/or the application of clinical observations to expand anatomic knowledge are welcomed.
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The dissection room and interaction with human donors provide unique contributions to the development of healthcare professionals, including nontechnical, discipline-independent skills (empathy, communication, teamwork, humanistic values) and professional identity formation, that are best learned through in-person experiences.
“There are contributions to the development of healthcare professionals that are best learned by in-person experiences, allowing individuals to develop and mature their professional identity.These include the acquisition of many nontechnical, discipline-independent skills such as empathy, communication, teamwork, humanistic values, and professional identity formation (Rizzolo, 2002;Escobar-Poni & P”
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- Authors
- Pawlina, W.
- Affiliations
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Corresponding author
- Pawlina, Wojciech
- Venue
- Clinical Anatomy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-05-08
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 391-392
- ISSN
- 0897-3806 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-2353
- OpenAlex
- W1979294053
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 6
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Clinical Anatomy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Anatomy and Medical Technology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anatomy › Medical and Biological Sciences
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
- Keywords
- professionalism, clinical anatomy education
- MeSH terms
- Anatomy, Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Periodicals as Topic, Professional Competence, PubMed
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