Education: The Anatomy Training Programme by distance learning session
Interested in teaching anatomy while developing your research career?
The Anatomy Training Program (Co-sponsored by the AS and the American Association of Anatomists) is designed to help you in all aspects of your professional development, by integrating anatomy training and pedagogical skills with your biomedical research programme.
By individualizing your anatomy training, you’ll be able to fit it in to the ebb and flow of your biomedical research/teaching. You may train in each of four modules or choose only the ones that fit your career plans. The centralized online resource and course syllabus allow you to work with a mentor at your home institution at your own pace. Mentors and trainees then gather for a one-week intensive course at Oxford University to solidify the concepts developed at home and qualify for a certificate of training.
Please review the following overviews prior to applying for the programme:
Limbs Module Overview
Head and Neck Module Overview
Trunk Module Overview
Neuroanatomy Module Overview
How does the programme work?
There are two components to the programme:
Training at home includes self-directed learning under the guidance of a mentor who teaches anatomy at your institution. The program provides a syllabus, online electronic learning aids and tutorials. You will have the opportunity to practice your skills in the classes that your mentor teaches. As your research heats up, you set anatomy aside; in slower periods you spend time on anatomy. The program is divided into four modules; two modules are offered each year. The program can be completed in two years. The modules for Limbs and Head & Neck alternate years with the modules for Trunk and Neuroanatomy. ( For the 2008-10 Cohort the Limbs and Head & Neck modules are offered in the 2010-2011 academic year with the Trunk and Neuroanatomy modules in the following year 2011-2012. For the 2011-13 Cohort the modules for Trunk and NeuroAnatomy are offerred in the 2011-12 academic year and the Head and Neck modules are offered in the following year 2012-13).
Each year—usually in JULY— there is a one week, intensive Residential School at Oxford University run by a team of anatomists with support from clinicians. Your admission to the Residential School will depend upon your satisfactory completion of the yearly program, as determined by the Steering Committee in light of your mentor’s assessment of your progress.
The AS offers a bursary scheme for members of the association to provide some of the funds to cover registration and attending the residential school.
Please see the How to Apply Document and the Application Form to apply for the Programme.
DEADLINES: 1st SEPTEMBER 2011 if you intend to join the programme commencing 1st October 2011.
If you would like to discuss any matters concerning the academic content of the programme please contact Dr David Heylings OR Professor John Morris.
If you would like to discuss any administrative matters concerning the programme please contact Ms Mary-Anne Piggott.