The Anatomy Training Program (Co-sponsored by AAA & The Anatomical Society) is designed to help you in all aspects of your professional development, by integrating anatomy training and pedagogical skills with your biomedical research program.

By individualizing your anatomy training, you’ll be able to fit it in to the ebb and flow of your biomedical research. 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.

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Please review the following overviews prior to applying for the program:
Head and Neck Module Overview & Limbs Module Overview & Neuroanatomy Module Overview & Trunk Module Overview

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How does the program work?

There are two components to the program:

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. (The Trunk and Neuroanatomy modules are offered in the 2011-2012 academic year.) Dissection is a component of the modules and access to dissection facilites is required.

Each summer 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.

AAA will cover the tuition fee for each selected participant, plus travel/room/board expenses for the one-week Residential School in England. AAA will select one mentor to sponsor for the Residential School. Additional participants may be selected to attend if they can provide funding to cover their expenses. Estimated tuition for each module is approximately $385 (may vary due to conversion rates) and the cost of the 2009 Residential School was approximately $1200. Mentors of participants paying their own way may also be required to attend the Residential School.

Follow this link to Apply Now!

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