RT Journal
A1 Organ JM
T1 LIppincott williams & wilkins atlas of anatomy
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD May 6
VO 301
IS 17
SP 1825
OP 1831
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.593
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.593
AB 
As the number of anatomy curriculum hours continues to decrease at many major medical schools, Tank and Gest recognized the need for a new anatomical atlas emphasizing those structures most likely to be taught in the modern curricula. Provided with the unique opportunity to build an original atlas from the ground up, the authors of this fine volume did not disappoint. Drawing on their combined 60 years of classroom teaching experience, they designed an atlas with a strong approach to presenting anatomical information in a sequence not only logical from a teaching perspective but highly accessible to students as well. In fact, the authors' primary intent in their design was to create images that are faster and easier for students to use, because “speed and ease of use have become critical needs in the era of compressed anatomical curricula” (p vii).