Tips for learning and remembering anatomy - with Associate Professor Michelle Lazarus. Clinical Anatomy series launch

This week on Physio Foundations I spoke to anatomy educator Associate Professor Michelle Lazarus. Michelle is the Director of the Centre for Human Anatomy Education at Monash University and a highly experienced anatomy educator and researcher. We had a really interesting discussion about the best ways for students and practitioners to learn anatomy, how to remember and retain anatomical knowledge and resources you can use to continue to build you foundations in anatomy. This was also the official launch of the Clinical Anatomy series on this podcast – stay tuned for future podcasts on applied and clinical anatomy that you can use in the clinic. This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.  In this episode: 0:00 Welcome Michelle 0:28 About Michelle and the anatomy series 3:06 Teaching anatomy requires energy! 3:25 What do you love about anatomy? 5:45: Story telling in anatomy 7:28 Ask.Anatomist podcast 9:35 Anatomy is shared by everyone – learn from each other and embrace the complexity 10:40 Anatomy is vast – tips for learning anatomy 11:57 Tip 1 – listen to your educators 13:00 Tip 2 – move away from memorisation 13:40 Tip 3 – understand the story of anatomy 15:40 What makes a good anatomy educator – story telling, set boundaries and have passion 17:40 Principles of anatomy for clinicians 18:40 Expectation theory, the curse of knowledge 24:45 Resources to learn anatomy   Follow Michelle @InsidOutAnatomy Visit https://www.askanatomist.com/ Michelle’s profile: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/michelle-lazarus Michelle mentioned the novel 100 years of solitude:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude   Follow and subscribe to Physio Foundations on your favourite podcast app. Join the conversation in the YouTube comments or via social media @PerratonPhysio For a list of episodes, transcripts and associated blogs, visit perraton.physio/physiofoundations   Follow @PerratonPhysio on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linked In. Do you have a topic you would like me to cover on the podcast? Email me: [email protected], or DM me on Twitter @lukeperraton Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.