Monday 3 February 2014
The
department of human anatomy of the University of Nairobi was started in
1967 with 35 students and 3 members of teaching staff. Teaching
laboratories, lecture theatres and offices were completed and opened on
March 4, 1968. The first complement of staff was joined by others mainly
as the WHO aid to Kenya. From this humble beginning, the department now
45 years old teaches over 700 students distributed in 8 undergraduate
and 9 postgraduate programs. It has despite enormous challenges retained
the traditional dissection mode of instruction and blended it with
‘newer’ teaching methods. There are currently 17 members of teaching
staff assisted by over 10 part-time demonstrators and 15 technologists.
In the recent times, we have transformed research themes from animal and
fossil based to patients, autopsy and cadaver material and restored
active publication in applied anatomy and diverse clinical fields. This
is happening at a time when most human anatomy departments are suffering
major declines in time allocation, staffing levels and research
output.
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