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Source of future teachers of anatomy.

An editorial in the Anatomical Record (Carmichael and Markwald, 2004) reported on the first meeting of the Coalition of American Societies for Anatomy (CASA). An important subject was the widespread concern among the participants about the source of future qualified teachers of anatomy. They unanimously agreed that a shortfall of (qualified) teachers of anatomy is predictable; it is imperative to involve the lead administrators at the involved academic institutions (i.e., medical school deans). Unfortunately, data that provide clarity on the magnitude of the problem are not given. Such data are necessary to convince the administrators of medical schools to come into action. Last year I surveyed the heads of departments of all (eight) medical schools in the Netherlands in relation to this topic. The results are shown in Figure 1. It can be concluded that the age distribution of the category “anatomy teachers without medical training” differs considerably from the age distribution of the category “anatomy teachers with medical training.” Looking across academic rank, most of the anatomy teachers with medical training are full professors of anatomy and belong to the senior-age groups, whereas the junior-age groups scarcely contain medically trained persons.