We learn anatomy over the course of a year (except for our PIL students, who learn it in about 2 months). In my opinion, a year is too long. Learning anatomy is a different process than learning in my other classes, and over a year I feel like I have to switch learning styles too frequently. Although I'm fascinated by anatomy, I don't particularly enjoy learning it. The anatomy lab isn't exactly my favorite place to be, and the process of learning it is tedious to say the least. I think the ideal timespan to teach anatomy would be over a semester... you have a long enough span to learn in-depth, and you have longer blocks on average to focus on anatomy.
We'll be done with this class in exactly a month, and I'm counting down the days...