Abstract:

Objectives: This study aimed at making a quantitative evaluation of the academics working in anatomy education, investigate the relationship between the number of academics and the anatomy course hours, and examine the relationship between the ages of the schools and the number of academics in medical schools in Turkey. Methods: The number of academics (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, research assistant and lecturer) working at the department of anatomy were recorded by examining the official websites of 90 medical schools in Turkey between June 22-27, 2019. The number of anatomy course hours was examined in 58 medical schools accessed from their websites. The years of establishment of the medical schools were recorded. Results: A total of 90 research assistants, 18 lecturers and 291 faculty members were determined to work in the anatomy departments of the 90 medical schools in Turkey. The average numbers of research assistants, lecturers, faculty members and academics per faculty were found as 1±1.56 (range: 0-9), 0.20±0.45 (range: 0-2), 3.23±2.41 (range: 0-11) and 4.43±3.45 (range: 0-17), respectively. The average numbers of theoretical, practical and total hours of anatomy course were 170.14±32.25 (range: 100-245), 104.47±34.78 (range: 32-196), and 274.6±51.92 (range: 132-405), respectively. Conclusion: There were differences between universities in terms of academics and anatomy course hours. The course load of anatomy academics was found rather high. It is concluded that this situation may have disadvantages for anatomy education and academic studies of academics.

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