Bibliography
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
Sreekanth S, McWatt SC (2026) Exploring student perspectives on transactional distance in a blended undergraduate anatomy course. Human Anatomy and Physiology Educator. 10.21692/haps.2026.009
Noël GPJC, Xiao I, Chaouachi M, Ilie A, O’Brien J, McWatt SC (2025) Engagement and cognitive load of upper-year medical trainees during mixed reality-enhanced dissection. Anatomical Sciences Education. 10.1002/ase.70126
Luong J, Prasad J, Huang ES, Hutter J, McWatt SC, Brassett C, Stearns D, Gill Sagoo M, Bhugra D, Noel GPJC, Molodynski A, Wu A (2026) The state of mental health in health professions students in 2023 from 18 countries. Academic Psychiatry. 10.1007/s40596-025-02143-5
Wood K, McWatt SC, Risha N, Mensink P. (2025) The use of digital and physical anatomical teaching models in anatomy training. Advances in Physiology Education. 10.1152/advan.00030.2025
Wu A, Patel R, Luong J, McWatt SC, Goel R, Brassett C, Dutton J, Gill Sagoo M, Kunzel C, Green A, Noel GPJC (2025) The importance of multiculturalism in medical education: A global comparison of perspectives from medical and health professions students at 21 universities. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 16(4). 10.1177/20542704251322244
Gill Sagoo M, Lam PY, Sharma T, Arora A, Siddiqui M, Adedeji AM, Brassett C, Noel G, Wingate R, McWatt SC, Stearns D, Garcia Souto P, Wu A (2025) Evaluating Group Dynamics through Peer Assessment during a Global Student Collaboration of Interprofessional Healthcare Education: A Longitudinal Study across 33 Universities. Anatomical Sciences Education. 00: 1–12. 10.1002/ase.70026
Yee MJ, McWatt SC, Brassett C, Stearns D, Gill Sagoo M, Sakurai T, Bittman M, Deckelbaum R, Faerron Guzman C, Karmally W, Noel GPJC, Wu A (2025) Integrating Cultural Awareness Practices into Medical School Nutrition Education with a Virtual Global Elective Course. Medical Science Educator. 10.1007/s40670-025-02290-2
Dietrich E, McWatt SC (2025) Investigating perspectives on alternative assessment and grading in graduate-level anatomy education. Anatomical Sciences Education. 18(2): 172–191. 10.1002/ase.2550
Luong J, Tzang CC, McWatt SC, Brassett C, Stearns D, Sagoo M, Kunzel C, Sakurai T, Chien CL, Noel GPJC, Wu A (2024) Exploring Artificial Intelligence Readiness in Medical Students: Analysis of a Global Survey. Medical Science Educator. 33: 331–341. 10.1007/s40670-024-02190-x
Wang C, McWatt SC (2023). Visuospatial ability and student approach to learning as predictors of academic performance on written versus laboratory-based assessments in human anatomy. Anatomical Sciences Education. 16(6): 1187-1199. 10.1002/ase.2317
Utomo R, McWatt SC, Talis A, Xiao QY, Saraci K, Kunzel C, Brassett C, Waschke J, Sigmund AM, Gill Sagoo M, Wingate R, Chien CL, Traxler H, Sakurai T, Zeroual M, Olsen J, El-Batti S, Viranta-Kovanen S, Yamada Y, Keay K, Kitahara S, Stewart W, Mao Y, Lang A, Bernd P, Patel S, Buhler L, Kielstein H, Preker A, Hardy M, Noël GPJC, Wu A (2023). Health profession students’ outlooks on the medical profession during the COVID-19 pandemic: a global perspective. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 1–15.10.1080/17538068.2023.2214391
Yee MJ, Brassett C, Gill Sagoo M, McWatt SC, Noel GPJC, Sakurai T, Stearns D, Wu A (2024) Developing an Online International Elective Course to Improve Medical Student Nutrition Education. International Association of Medical Science Educators.
Wu A, McWatt SC, Utomo R, Talis A, Xiao QY, Saraci K, Brassett C, Gill Sagoo M, Wingate R, Chien CL, Traxler H, Waschke J, Vielmuth F, Sigmund A, Yamada Y, Sakurai T, Zeroual M, Olsen J, El-Batti S, Viranta-Kovanen S, Keay K, Stewart W, Mao Y, Lang A, Kunzel C, Bernd P, Kielstein H, Noël GPJC (2023) A thematic analysis of students’ discussions on death and body donation in international online focus groups. Anatomical Sciences Education. 10.1002/ase.2265
Wu A, Xiao QY, McWatt SC, Utomo R, Talis A, Saraci K, Brassett C, Gill Sagoo M, Wingate R, Chien CL, Traxler H, Waschke J, Vielmuth F, Yamada Y, Sakurai T, Zeroual M, Olsen J, El-Batti S, Viranta-Kovanen S, Keay K, Stewart W, Kunzel C, Bernd P, Kielstein H, Noël GPJC (2022) The anatomy course during COVID-19: The impact of cadaver-based learning on the initiation of reflection on death. Medical Sciences Educator. 10.1007/s40670-022-01609-7
Bellas B, Guo I, Rauch M, Ventura NM, McWatt SC (2022) Examining the Impact of Cadaver‐Based Anatomy Laboratory Experiences on Medical Students Through a Thematic Analysis of their Written Reflections. The FASEB Journal. 36(S1). 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.R5701
Vigoda J, Adeniyi A, Tudor L, Brassett C, McWatt SC, Gill Sagoo M, Wingate R, Chien CL, Traxler H, Waschke J, Vielmuth F, Sigmund A, Sakurai T, Yamada Y, Zeroual M, Olsen J, El-Batti S, Viranta-Kovanen S, Keay K, Kitahara S, Martínez-Abadías N, Esteban-Torné ME, Helms J, Sforza C, Gagliano N, Norris M, Harmon D, Yasui M, Ichiko M, Lee S, Reid S, Lang A, Kunzel C, Joseph M, Buehler L, Hardy M, Patel S, Bernd P, Kielstein H, Stewart W, Kellett A, Wu A, Noel GPJC (2022) Experiential factors affecting the empathy of students in their pre‐clinical year(s) of 21 universities. The FASEB Journal. 36(S1). 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.R2742
Wu A, Patel R, Brassett C, McWatt SC, Gill Sagoo M, Wingate R, Chien CL, Traxler H, Waschke J, Vielmuth F, Sigmund A, Sakurai T, Yamada Y, Zeroual M, Olsen J, El-Batti S, Viranta-Kovanen S, Keay K, Kitahara S, Martínez-Abadías N, Esteban-Torné ME, Helms J, Sforza C, Gagliano N, Norris M, Harmon D, Yasui M, Ichiko M, Lee S, Reid S, Lang A, Kunzel C, Joseph M, Buehler L, Hardy M, Patel S, Bernd P, Kielstein H, Noel GPJC, Green A (2022) Cultural competency preparedness in medical and health professions students‐a collaborative study involving anatomy departments at 20 international universities. The FASEB Journal. 36(S1). 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.0R841
Noel GPJC, Xiao I, Ilie A, Chaouachi M, O'Brien J, McWatt SC (2022) The use of Hololens increases the engagement while reducing the cognitive load of senior medical students when overlaying medical imaging of body donors during the dissection. The FASEB Journal. 36(S1). 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.R2607
Wang C, McWatt SC (2022) Student Approach to Learning and Visuospatial Ability as Independent Predictors of Academic Performance in Human Anatomy. The FASEB Journal. 36(S1). 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.R5398
McWatt SC (2021) Responding to COVID-19: A thematic analysis of students’ perspectives on modified learning activities during an emergency transition to remote human anatomy education. Anatomical Sciences Education. 14(6): 721–738. 10.1002/ase.2136
McWatt SC, Newton GS, Umphrey GJ, Jadeski LC (2021) Dissection versus prosection: A comparative assessment of the course experiences, approaches to learning, and academic performance of non‐medical undergraduate students in human anatomy. Anatomical Sciences Education. 14(2): 184–200. 10.1002/ase.1993
Articles Under Review
Exley A, Plater E, McWatt SC (in progress) Anatomy of sport series: Enhancing amateur sport performance and preventing injury through community outreach. Anatomical Sciences Education.
Prentice M, Mukesh A, Rauch M, Guo I, Bellas B, McWatt SC, Ventura N (in progress) Student reflections on death and body donation in medical education before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical Educator.
Prasad J, Luong J, Huang ES, Hutter J, McWatt SC, Brassett C, Stearns D, Gill Sagoo M, Bhugra D, Noel GPJC, Molodynski A, Wu A (under review) An analysis of coping and stress reduction strategies employed by health professions students – A global survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Nasir Kadir L, Brown L, Allen S, McWatt SC (in revision) Does drawing enhance spatial ability? Investigating the effect of different anatomical drawing exercises on anatomical knowledge and spatial ability. Anatomical Sciences Education.
Dhillon J, Moukarzel M, Ventura N, Laggis G, Noël GPJC, McWatt SC (under review) Using Q-methodology and the 3P Model of Learning to Evaluate Medicine and Dentistry Students’ Experiences with a Blended Anatomy Laboratory Design. Anatomical Sciences Education.