About

The aims of FICSAP are to work collaboratively to:

• identify associations that seek manpower development and training in the field of Anatomy
• assist with support in the form of training to the areas identified

Members

Segun Oyedele (Chair)
Representative from N America -Segun Oyedele
Representative from S America – Susana Biasutto
Representative from Africa – Samuel Asala
Representative from Asia – Guo-Fang Tseng
Representative from Europe – Guido Macchiarelli
Representative from Oceania – Stephanie Woodley
Representative from PEAP - Carol Hartmann
Representative from FIPAR – Anne Agur

Goals

• Identify associations/institutions requiring help in the training of anatomists
• Work with the President’s Emerging Anatomists Programme to develop training programmes for emerging anatomists
• Facilitate cooperative exchange of staff and postgraduate students in bilateral or multilateral collaborations
• Facilitate leadership development and mentorship programmes for mid-career anatomists
• In collaboration with the President of the IFAA identify sources of funding to assist in the development of human capacity in anatomy

Publications

International perspectives on supporting the career development of anatomists. S. J. Woodley, N. Pather and H. D. Nicholson Anatomical sciences education 24/10/2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.70138
Also available at: https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/International-perspectives-on-supporting-the-career/9926783585501891?institution=64OTAGO_INST

Five year plan

Year 1-2

Identify associations/institutions requiring help and understand the nature of assistance and resources that would be useful.

• Undertake a survey across member associations to determine what help is required and who would be willing to assist
• Undertake focus group sessions at major conferences to understand what assistance would be useful

Year 2-3

Identify existing programmes that are available to assist in a) training of emerging anatomists and b) provide leadership development opportunities for mid-career anatomists

• Undertake review of publicly available resources
• Work with PEAP to develop and implement a programme for emerging anatomists
• Develop leadership development programme
• Explore which member associations/institutions may be interested in establishing exchange of staff and students

Year 4-5

• Develop a repository on the IFAA website of available resources
• Implement leadership development programme
• Identify possible sources of funding to assist with the exchange of staff and students
• Develop an evaluation framework to evaluate programmes

Helen Nicholson
March 2020