What's New in Inclusivity? (March 2025)

The third monthly instalment of the "What's New in Inclusivity" blog series will further promote the Anatome Day of Diversity, look at what is occurring in Anatome, and provide opportunities for reading surrounding the topic of inclusivity.

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The Anatome Newsletter

We are launching the quarterly Anatome newsletter! Our first instalment will be coming out in April 2025, where you'll be able to stay updated with what Anatome is doing. Don't miss out and sign up here: https://forms.gle/a6oGKieWAFTEhEqH9

Anatome's Day of Diversity 2025

The Anatome Day of Diversity is our launch event which will be sharing the culmination of two years of work in the form of our textbook, image bank, and more. Look forward to talks from inspirational speakers and informative workshops. Better yet, it's free!

Healthcare students (including medical students), healthcare professionals (including doctors), anatomists, and academics are encouraged to submit and abstract that aligns with one or more of the following themes:

Equality, diversity and inclusion in healthcare or anatomy
Equality, diversity and inclusion in education
Student-staff collaboration
Innovative educational approaches
Reflections on clinical practice
Student leadership in healthcare or educational change

Submit your abstract here: https://forms.gle/7vrmNTqRcNc9rnB18

Reading List:

Mind the gap: decreasing disparities in care for transgender patients

Transgender patients have a unique set of needs which are not accounted for in the dominant narratives within medical care. This article delves into the challenges faced by transgender patients in both the healthcare system and medical school, as well as the role that medical education can have on addressing the invisibility of transgender patients.

Callaghan, T., Anderson, J., Bristowe, S., Esterhuizen, A., Spady, D (2024). 'Mind the gap: decreasing disparities in care for transgender patients', Education for Primary Care.

Developing an inclusivity audit for higher education

Many higher education institutions have a strategic aim to provide content which is representative of a diverse student body. However, this article looks into how despite there being checklists and benchmark statements which suggest the existence of inclusive education, there is a lack of discussion which surrounds this topic.

Stripe, K (2025). 'Developing an inclusivity audit for higher education', Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, available at: https://osotl.org/index.php/osotl/article/view/117. (Accessed 3 April 2025)

Accessibility, Inclusivity, and Diversity in Education and Beyond

This book focusses on making education and employment accessible for all. It is an essential guide to creating accessible, inclusive, and diverse learning environments for both early career and experienced academics.

Door, R (2025). 'Accessibility, Inclusivity, and Diversity in Education and Beyond', Biomedical Visualization, Springer.

Why Politics Should Be in Every Medical Student's Curriculum

This article looks into how despite medicine being rooted in science, it is shaped by policy and can be changed through the law. This is an area of medical education which is commonly missed. Whilst the clinical skills, and the ability to aid patients is essential, knowing how to apply knowledge given the political landscape surrounding medicine is also important.

Egharevba, O (2025). "Why Politics Should Be in Every Medical Student's Curriculum', Medscape UK, available at: https://www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/why-politics-should-be-every-medical-students-curriculum-2025a10003at (Accessed 3 April 2025)

Anatome Updates

Equity in Action Course

We hope our upcoming course will provide a way to develop yourself as an inclusive practitioner and help to empower those wanting to make actionable changes in healthcare systems or organisations. Stay tuned to the Anatome social media pages (see below) for further updates on this course.

Diverse Urogenital Anatomy Illustrations

Anatome Education has commissioned medical illustrator Lois Jane to develop six diverse urogenital anatomy illustrations for the upcoming Anatome Surface Anatomical Textbook. Here's a sneak peek of the images that will be available later this year. Learn more about Lois by visiting here website: https://www.loisjaneart.com/.