Experience of anatomy demonstrators in Tamil Nadu, India

Questionnaires were sent to 118 previous holders of demonstrator posts in a natomy at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, in order to determ ine the role of these posts in the medical profession. Sixty-three (94%) of the respondents had postgraduate medical qualifications. Forty-four (66%) of the respondents were surgeons, and 23 (34%) were in nonsurgical fields. Thirty-eight (57%) had jobs that involved teaching. Almost all the responde nts found the teaching experience useful in their careers and especially th ose respondents who had qualified in surgical specialties rated their exper ience reviewing anatomy very highly. The usefulness of this posting is disc ussed. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.