Body of Knowledge
Exploring the evolution of teaching tools
Video by Erin Howe
The study of anatomy is inherently visual. Early anatomists taught by performing full dissections and images have always augmented that in-person experience. Temerty Medicine’s Division of Anatomy has a long history of creating textbooks and other teaching aids to support in-lab learning. Professor Judi Laprade gives a few examples of how these teaching tools evolved over the last century — and how they’re changing today.