Dr Katherine H. Hall, Senior Lecturer, Department of General Practice and Rural Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, will speak on

Images of Anatomy:
Reflections on a Mirror

Monday 13th March 2017 1:00-2:00 pm, Bioethics Seminar Room, Level one, 71 Frederick Street (entry on Frederick Street)

Anatomical atlases have been used for centuries; they used to be called a catoptrum microcosmicum – a mirror into a small world. Three anatomical atlases separated by 400 years will be presented, arguing each reflects not only the times and culture in which they were produced but also the values that the then contemporary medical culture wishes the student to uphold. This acquisition of values endorsed by medicine and the acculturalisation of students can be unconscious and ‘invisible’ to both. Consequences for the ethics of the teaching and learning of contemporary anatomy will be discussed.