Pilot study exploring the presence of leadership curricula in undergraduate medical education.

Introduction: The physician's role in the healthcare delivery system extends beyond patient care to include numerous critical leadership roles in healthcare. In addition to treating patients, physicians manage multidisciplinary teams and influence policies to optimise public health. Yet, leadership education is not currently emphasised as part of undergraduate medical education.

Simultaneous duplication of the tendon of plantaris with multiple tendinous connections into the crural fascia.

The plantaris muscle (PM) typically begins with a short, fusiform muscle belly and continues as a slim tendon traversing distally between the gastrocnemius and soleus to attach into the calcaneus directly or Achilles tendon. Conventionally, it has been of most interest as a donor for surgeons plantaris tendon (PT) grafting and recent studies have implicated the PT in the development of Achilles tendinopathy. During routine cadaveric dissection, one such anatomical variation was identified in a cadaver with two distal tendons of the PM and also multiple tendon connections into the crural fascia.

Duplicated Anterior Choroidal Arteries: Literature Review and Clinical Implications.

The anterior choroidal artery supplies important cerebral structures. One important variation of this vessel is duplication. However, little is reported on this anatomical variant and moreover, the prevalence of such a finding varies widely.

Student Learning of Radiological Anatomy Through Team-Based Learning Modules: Early Successes and Qualitative Analysis.

Knowledge of the anatomy of radiological images is an essential foundation from which medical students may begin to build clinical skills. This foundation can be laid within an anatomy course optimizing student opportunity to compare cadaveric structures with medical images, possibly improving a student's visual-spatial abilities. Strong visual-spatial abilities allow students to perform better on examinations in medical anatomy.

A Surgeon Led Clinically Focused Anatomy Course Increases Student Selection of General Surgery As a Career.

Objective: This study aims to identify program-specific critical factors in a student's path to general surgery and how different factors contribute to our high rate of matriculation.

Design: Semi-structured interviews were conducted focusing on critical factors in student's decision processes to pursue general surgery. Three investigators independently evaluated the transcripts and identified recurring themes based on phenomenological qualitative methods until saturation was achieved.