Department Of Anatomy

Introduction

Vision: To establish the department  of excellence in knowledge and research driven by innovative methods of teaching and learning by honing the skills of students and teachers in cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains by using clinical applications  and use of artificial intelligence methodologies.

Mission:

We as a team hope that the future will see the department as a highly versatile provider of a comprehensive knowledge of human body which will be clinically driven, evidence based and applicable in hospital settings.

We also aim to setup an Artificial Intelligence-based skill lab for better understanding of concepts for undergraduate and postgraduates across the various streams of medicine.

Facilities:

1. Airconditioned well-equipped Dissection Hall
2. Histology laboratory equipped with 55 binocular student microscopes, and one trinocular microscope fitted with microscopic camera, computer system and LED television.
3. Museum with Embryology model section, Radiology section, Bone section, Artificial Intelligence skill lab section and student poster/model display section.
4. Cadaver storage laboratory and embalming facility.
5. Well equipped functioning histology preparation lab.
6. Departmental Library

Academics and Research:

Currently the department trains the MBBS undergraduate with the latest medical education technology for the holistic knowledge of Human Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Genetics, Osteology and Neuroanatomy.

• Regular constructive and certifying assessment methods including Crosswords. Seminars, Quizzes, OSPE, poster & model making competitions
• Integrated teaching of anatomy with the other departments including clinical departments.
• Implementation of virtual reality, and digital 3D technology
• Histology slide preparation
• Both intramural & extramural projects approved by the IEC are ongoing by various faculty members
• STS projects by students
• Journal club for the faculty and residents

 

Seminars/CME/ Workshops/ Conferences:

• Webinar on ‘Surface Landmarks & Surgical Incisions: Past, Present & Future' held on 28^th March, 2022
• Crossword Puzzle held on 02/04/22
• Poster/Chart/Model making competition cum Exhibition on ‘Thoracic viscera and related neuro-vascular structures’ held on 23^rd May, 2022
• Anatomy Quiz Competition on ‘General Anatomy, Superior and Inferior extremity and Thorax region’ held on 16^th June, 2022

Future expansion:

• Establishment of state of art Cytogenetics lab
• Development of Plastination lab.
• Development of Digital resource material including multiple choice question bank, virtual 3D Models for the Human anatomy teaching.
• Establishment of well equipped Cadaveric skill lab to conduct multi-disciplinary hands on workshops
• Cadaveric Bone retrieval system
• Histology slides preparation and creating slide sets for each student

Lab Facilities :

Anthropometry laboratory , Department of Anatomy,was inaugurated on 18^th April 2023 at the AIIMS, Rajkot by the Institutional Head and Executive Director, Prof. Dr(Col. ) C.D.S. Katoch.

Anthropometric measurements are non-invasive quantitative measurements of the body. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), anthropometry provides a valuable assessment of nutritional status in children and adults.  Body mass composition and various nutritional indexes e.g. BMI, Skin fold thickness, Head circumference, mid arm circumference calculated on the base of measurement will be taken at the anthropometry laboratory with the latest and conventional equipment.

The anthropometry will be helpful in diagnosis of prevalent nutritional problems of children like undernutrition, obesity and growth retardation.  In adults, body measurements can help to assess health and dietary status and future disease risk. Anthropometry-driven fitness programs in athletes have been shown to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and strength. Anthropometric measurements are also used to assess nutritional status in pregnant women and to assess patients with obesity.

 The lab. will also play a pivotal role in Forensic Medicine for determining gender, age etc of skeletal remains and aid in Police investigations.

To maintain the health & nutritional status of children, adults and elderly anthropometric evaluations will be conducted in  camps organised by the Department of Community Medicine in nearby villages.