2026, Vol.39, No.3

Anatomy education provides an early educational context in which health professions students encounter human dignity, respect for life, and professional responsibility through the donated human body. This raises a preceding question for admissions: how can ethical judgment and character- and morality-related performance be observed before students enter educational settings in which respect for human dignity must be enacted in practice? This systematic review examined the validity of the multiple mini-interview (MMI) as a structured approach to observing such performance, rather than judging character as a fixed attribute. Six databases were searched on 9 July 2026, identifying 952 records; 46 full texts were assessed and 45 publications were included. Of these, 33 primary empirical studies constituted the principal evidence base, 11 systematic reviews contextualized the synthesis, and 1 station-construction guide informed design considerations. MMI stations clustered into four ethically salient categories-ethical dilemmas, interpersonal integrity, empathic communication, and public responsibility-interpretable in relation to autonomy, justice, honesty, responsibility, compassion, and the common good. Multi-station, multi-rater MMIs generally showed greater reliability than traditional interviews, and performance was associated with selected proximal outcomes, including clinical and licensing-examination performance. However, evidence that admission-stage ethical or moral performance predicts sustained ethical behavior in clinical practice remained insufficient. Online and generative-AI applications raised additional issues regarding fairness across applicant groups, construct clarity, response authenticity, and human review and accountability. Thus, the MMI is better understood as a structured assessment that samples ethical judgment and related professional performance than as a measure of completed moral character. As an interpretive implication, admissions assessment may be aligned with subsequent education in human dignity, medical ethics, and professionalism, including formative encounters with the donated human body in anatomy education. The review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD420261446189).

Distinct Clinicopathological and Prognostic Associations of KCNQ1 Expression in Lung Adenocarcinoma and Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma

이나윤 , 천아영 , Hyunbin Cha and 2 other persons | 2026, 39(3) | pp.301~306 | number of Cited : 0

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KCNQ1 (potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 1) is a voltage-gated potassium channel subunit involved in the regulation of membrane potential and cellular ion homeostasis. Although ion channels have been increasingly recognized as important regulators of cancer biology, the clinical significance of KCNQ1 expression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) according to histological subtype remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association between KCNQ1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics and overall survival in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). RNA sequencing and clinical data of patients with LUAD and LUSC were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Patients were divided into high- and low-KCNQ1 expression groups based on the median expression value, and the associations between KCNQ1 expression and clinicopathological variables were analyzed. Overall survival was evaluated using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. KCNQ1 expression showed different clinical associations according to the histological subtype of NSCLC. In LUSC, patients with high KCNQ1 expression demonstrated significantly poorer overall survival than those with low expression. In contrast, no significant association between KCNQ1 expression and overall survival was observed in LUAD. These findings suggest that the clinical relevance of KCNQ1 expression may differ between LUAD and LUSC. KCNQ1 expression may have subtype-specific clinical relevance, particularly in relation to survival in LUSC, although its independent prognostic significance remains uncertain. Further studies involving tissue-level validation and functional experiments are required to clarify the biological mechanisms underlying the association between KCNQ1 expression and NSCLC progression.

Seeing the Person on the Dissection Table: James Bridie’s The Anatomist and the Ethics of Anatomy Education

Rhyu Im Joo

| 2026, 39(3) | pp.307~314 | number of Cited : 0

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Did Vesalius Humanize the Skeleton? Anatomy and the Transformation of Memento Mori

KUN HWANG | 2026, 39(3) | pp.315~320 | number of Cited : 0

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