Fig. 1

The role of the blacksmith approach in the stages of teaching and learning anatomy in medical students is based on the study’s results. First, the blacksmith (educational system) must prepare a new blacksmith (redesign the educational mentality and create a new perspective on anatomical knowledge in students) and prepare a new forge; then, he/she must heat the metal (supporting young students and having good role-modeling) and then shape the metal with a sledgehammer (the sledgehammer approach to using different teaching strategies and methods) to create a sword or self-confident and knowledgeable learner in medicine (professionalism)