Will standalone/collaborative anatomical research revolutionize clinical practice?

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Abstract Purpose The development of science and technology with changing life style has thrown many challenges to the medical education, besides, the complexity of human body and diseases. This, alarms the existing clinical practice to equip it with intensive integrated research in Anatomy to combat these threats and challenges. Therefore, this study is aimed at analyzing the of grey areas in clinical practice due to lack of research in Human Anatomy to improve safe and successful clinical practice. Methods A questionnaire, consisting of 15 questions, has been designed to seek the feedback from medical faculties to assess the degree of need of research in Anatomy to improve clinical practice. The scale for degree of need of research in Anatomy has been conceived such that if the responses of subjects fall in the range 9 to 15, it is most essential, if the responses lie within 7–8, it is essential and if answers fall in the range of 1–6 it is not essential. The means and percentages of viewpoints have been computed. Results The statistical mean analysis of feedback survey reveals that anatomical standalone/collaborative research is most essential. However, percentage analysis of individual subjects reveals that total population in the range of 67%-100% advocate anatomical research to be most essential, 0%-33% plead for essential and none of the subjects expressed their viewpoints for research to be not essential. Conclusion Statistical analysis of feedback and review of literature reveal integrated standalone/synergistic anatomical research is most essential to improve clinical practice.