Winds of change: Do we need to change with the changing times?

Anatomy remains an integral component of medical education as an introduction to the language of medicine and underpinning of the study of patho-physiology and surgery. revision and restructuring of the core anatomy curriculum as well as teaching methodologies are under a make-over worldwide owing to time constraints,cadaver shortage and recent advances in clinical and technological fields. the changes in the curricula have sprouted disagreements surrounding teaching styles,course content,clinical relevance and time allocated to anatomical courses. the current study was designed to analyze the perspectives of undergraduate students,postgraduate trainees and the teaching faculty of various medical colleges of lahore,pakistan,towards clinical relevance and space allocation. analysis of the result established that all stake-holders unanimously favored guided,continuous and clinically oriented anatomy education in all the five years of medical teaching program rather than in a strenuous block in only the first two years of medical teaching. it is a firm belief of the students that reorganization of the sub-specialties of anatomy program are mandatory so as to enable them safer and better medical practice.