It's a generally accepted maxim of learning that you get more out of participating in an activity than you do by just showing up. With that principle in mind, it's time to start thinking about the abstract that you're going to submit for the AAA Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2004—it's due by Wednesday, November 12! If you're wondering whether there will be enough to hold your attention once you have presented your own platform talk or poster, please read on. Several new or enhanced programs are planned for our 2004 meeting. Whatever your area of anatomy, there's bound to be plenty to pique your interest. Some of the highlights are described below. A full listing of all sessions is found on the next page. If you thought that the Education sessions at this year's Annual Meeting were great, just wait until 2004! AAA's Education and Teaching program not only gets better, but it also gets bigger. With two refresher courses, four symposia, platform sessions on teaching innovations and how to teach medical imaging, lots of posters, plus the always popular Anatomy Education Breakfast Roundtable, you can fill the entire meeting attending nothing but Education sessions. This year's Roundtable topic is “The Role of Anatomical Science Teaching in Faculty Appointment and Promotion Decisions.” The 2004 program also introduces a new format for AAA—a meeting- within-a-meeting on Choreography of the Heart Beat: The Cardiac Pacemaking and Conduction System. This 2-day mini-meeting, featuring a separate poster session, will look at the anatomy, physiology, development, pathology, and repair of the pacemaking and cardiac conduction system. Continuing our efforts on behalf of student and postdoctoral members, AAA is adding two separate award sessions to highlight your research. And we'll repeat last year's successful Student Poster Session and Reception. Regular members will be encouraged to attend all of these events to meet their next postdoc or new faculty member! Plus AAA's Advisory Committee for Young Anatomists again invites students, postdocs, and young faculty to join them for bagels, coffee, and conversation focusing on how to make yourself more marketable in today's academic environment. Apart from these new programs and special events, the AAA Annual Meeting offers you a strong scientific program of symposia, platform sessions, and posters, with an extensive exhibit featuring state-of-the-art equipment and the latest publications. If your work touches on other biomedical disciplines, the whole world of Experimental Biology 2004 is open to you. At the same time, there are lots of opportunities to mix and mingle with AAA colleagues, including the Annual Meeting Socializer, the AAA Awards Banquet, the ongoing “Chat Room” in the AAA Office, and impromptu discussions in between sessions. So…about participating! Take a good look at the list of platform sessions and poster topics on the next page and decide where your work fits in. Then head to AnatomyLink (www.anatomy.org) for details on how to submit an abstract, register for the meeting, and book your hotel. Washington D.C. is lovely in April. Make plans now to join us for the AAA Annual Meeting at EB 2004. But don't just show up—participate!

Andrea Pendleton

The Anatomical Record

The Anatomical Record is an academic journal focused on the field of anatomy, covering both fundamental and applied research, aimed at promoting scientific communication and advancement in anatomy.

《解剖记录》是一本专注于解剖学领域的学术期刊，涵盖了相关的基础研究和应用研究，旨在促进解剖学的科学交流与发展。

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