Doc, I Think it's Over Here . . .

TEACHING of basic anatomy in Australia's medical schools is so inadequate that students are increasingly unable to locate important body parts - and in some cases even confuse one vital organ with another.

Several senior consultants have told The Weekend Australian they have been "horrified" to encounter final-year medical students who do not know where the prostate gland is, or what a healthy liver feels like.

OK class, let’s all find each others prostate . . .

part of the problem was the "fads and trends" now current in medical education, and that students were "not taught where the body parts are

What kind of “fad” is it that ignores some of the basics of medicine?