Department of Medical Education

The Division of Anatomy Education is the home for faculty in both teaching and scholarship tracks that provide pedagogical and hand-on educational excellence in human anatomy. Faculty of this division are also involved in the anatomy education mission of other colleges of the University

The Division of Anatomy Education is staffed by faculty skilled in all of the anatomical sciences, human gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, histology and embryology. Our faculty supports anatomy education across a number of university programs and employs a variety of content delivery methods including hands-on dissection, self-paced interactive modules and instructor-guided prosections. As a group, our faculty is committed to sharing our passion for the anatomical sciences with all levels of learner from the high school student seeing a brain for the first time to the first-year medical student mastering the complexities of cardiovascular embryology and even the artist studying human form to perfect their craft.

The Department of Medical Education’s Dissection Facility, located in Jefferson Alumni Hall, is a multimillion-dollar state-of-the-art educational space. With an in-house embalming suite and six dissection rooms the facility supports dissection-based healthcare education programs in the Sidney Kimmel Medical College and the Colleges of Health Professions, Rehabilitation Sciences and Life Sciences. The facility is also used by several residency programs to support graduate medical education and is available to house CME-events sponsored by Jefferson clinical departments and/or equipment vendors.