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Expanding an anatomy division during a curricular reduction in medical anatomy ‐ Turn that frown upside down!

At West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine, a new curricular revision has reduced the Human Structure course, which includes gross anatomy, ultrasound, histology, and embryology, from a 14 week course to a 9 week course for first year medical students. This curricular modification also limits student contact to 15 hours a week, moves the Human Structure course from the spring to the fall semester, reschedules exam days from Mondays to Fridays, limits the coverage of new course content during exam weeks, and reduces the number of exams and assessments testing student learning. In response to these drastic changes, this new Human Structure course will reduce the number of lectures and laboratory (anatomy, ultrasound, and histology) sessions, change small group dissections to prosections, rotate students through the dissection laboratory in two groups to reduce contact time, and move a majority of the histology content to an online format, limiting the use of microscopes within the course. Throughout this transition period, the WVU Anatomy Division within the Pathology, Anatomy, and Laboratory Medicine Department has still been able to grow and remain relevant. Improvements within the Anatomy Division include, but are not limited to, recruitment of new faculty members, building two new dissection laboratories, securing funding for the construction of a new morgue to house the anatomical donors in the Human Gift Registry, and increasing the number of anatomy courses taught by faculty members within our Anatomy Division. Despite the reduction in coverage of the anatomical sciences to medical students, the demand for new anatomy courses has risen with the added benefit of teaching many new cohorts of students, including physician assistants, occupational therapists, and undergraduate students in exercise physiology, music therapy, and athletic training. More importantly, all anatomy courses taught within the WVU Health Sciences Center (HSC) will be moved under the direction of the Anatomy Division. Despite some bumps in the curricular landscape, anatomy instruction at the WVU HSC will continue to grow, offer new courses to a more diverse student population, and impact student learning.