Embryology Syllabus
We are pleased to be able to share with you the embryology core syllabus for undergraduate medical students, which was published in June 2019 in the Journal of Anatomy. While embryology, as a sub-discipline of anatomy, has been traditionally considered primarily to be of interest to specific specialities such as obstetricians and paediatricians, an understanding of developmental anatomy and teratology has a core role in multiple additional specialities. The presented embryological syllabus seeks to take an outcomes-based approach, to provide a core set of 61 learning outcome statements, prioritising and focussing on the core level of knowledge of embryological processes and presentations which is essential to all newly-qualified doctors, regardless of their subsequent chosen specialty.
The project was led by Dr Jane Holland from RCSI, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Prof Claire Smith from Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Prof Gabrielle Finn from Hull York Medical School, Dr Jane Stewart from Newcastle University and Prof Colin Ockleford from Lancaster University. Dr Holland said: “The new syllabus allows for flexibility within individual curricula, while still prioritising and focussing on the core level of knowledge of embryological processes and presentations which is essential to all newly-qualified doctors, regardless of their subsequent chosen specialty.”
You can access the syllabus via the link below and for further information please contact either: Dr Jane Holland at jholland@rcsi.ie or the Education Committee at education@anatsoc.org.uk
You can also read the syllabus open access in the Journal of Anatomy
