Reshaping Anatomy Education – The Need of the Hour

Curricular reform in the anatomical sciences education is at cross roads. Many medical schools are continuing to modify their curriculum and educational methods with respect to anatomy. On one hand, the hours allotted for teaching anatomy has been significantly reduced, which prevents the anatomy educators from imparting their best to the students and on other hand, it has been dreaded that, because of the drastic reduction in time devoted to gross anatomy, ``the amount of detail in gross regional anatomy has now decreased below the safety level'' [1].