The 20th Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomistswill be held in Istanbul, Turkey, entirely ONLINE - 5th – 7th August 2022.  The 20th IFAA Congress (ifaa2022.org) Registration and abstract submission is now OPEN.Early bird registration deadline: 22nd April 2022Abstract submission deadline: 4th June 2022

Dear reader, The latest issue of Plexus (2022 - Issue 2) has now been published. You may download the PDF from our website. This and all previous Plexus issues are available on the "Plexus" page on our website.

As of August 2019, the following have occurred within the FIPAT (https://ifaa.net/committees/anatomical-terminology-fipat/): Terminologia Anatomica 2nd edition was approved and is now published online (https://fipat.library.dal.ca/TA2/ ) Per referendum, the use of Regular Anatomical Terms (RAT) is now approved. All working groups have been overhauled to include new leaders and members as approved by the IFAA Executive. […]

FIPAR membership We have arranged new membership of the FIPAR, there are 12 members in 2019. FIPAR Zoom meetings in 2021 FIPAR organized webinars three times (April, October, December 2021), gathering around 50-100 every time all around world. New topics for Webinar Announce all the executive committee members as well as FIPAR members to restart […]

The FIPAE goals for 2021-2022 are: Prioritise activities for 2022 Finalise program of IFAA 2022 Further develop FIPAE webpage and a tool for collaboration Develop survey to Anatomy Program Directors The following deliverables were achieved since the last report: Anatomy Festival from 15 October to 15 December 2021 The festival comprised an Opening Symposium on […]

1. FICSP membership We have expanded the range of membership of the FICSP to more member societies. There were 14 FICSP members in 2019, currently there are 21 members and journals represented. 2. PLEXUS A document for the links of the most recent issues FICSP journals and links for the abstracts for anatomy meetings that […]

Membership of FICEDA needs to be reviewed not least because there are members who have not contributed since the formation of the FIC. In 2021, an IFAA Zoom talk by the FIC’s Secretary on matters related to ‘Sexism and Anatomy’ was delivered. Having received ethical approval for a survey on attitudes and policies toward equality […]

FICEM activities have unfortunately been hampered by most members being absorbed withdealing with the Corona pandemic and its consequences. In 2021, following reports of a public dissection of a body donor for the entertainment of a paying public in Portland(USA) in November, FICEM has issued a statement condemning such practices, which has been published on […]

1. The College of Representatives of the IFAA was initiated at the General Assembly of the IFAA (London, 2019) and approved ad referendum following that meeting. The College is composed of one Representative of each member association of the IFAA. Each Representative is nominated by their own association to serve on the College. 2. The […]

Aims 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 Membership Helen Nicholson (Chair) Representative from N America -Segun Oyedele Representative from S America – Susana Biasutto Representative from Africa […]

We would like to thank all attendees for participating in our 2nd FICSP Webinar "Writing an Original Research Article - Pitfalls and Problems". The recording may now be downloaded here: Recording of 2nd FICSP Webinar: Writing an Original Research Article - Pitfalls and Problems. Chair: Professor Gulgun SengulSpeakers: Professor Jose Ramon Sanudo Tejero - Professor […]