Barbie Klein, PhD

Associate Professor
Anatomy
+1 415 502-7360

Dr. Barbie Klein, PhD, MS (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor with joint appointments in the Department of Anatomy in the School of Medicine and the Department of Cell and Tissue Biology in the School of Dentistry, is the co-director of the Anatomy Learning Center, and is the Faculty Advisor for the Willed Body Program at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Klein teaches gross anatomy, human embryology, histology, and neuroanatomy to health professional students and continuing medical education learners. She is the Discipline Director for the pelvic/perineum anatomy, human embryology, and neuroanatomy content blocks for medical students and co-director of the Biomedical Sciences curriculum for dental students. She was inducted into the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators in 2024. Her research explores interprofessional anatomy education, instructional design, and the use of 3D printing and virtual reality to improve anatomy education.

Publications: 

Virtual anatomy and point-of-care ultrasonography integration pilot for medical students.

Anatomical sciences education

Olivares-Perez ME, Graglia S, Harmon DJ, Klein BA

Students' Perspectives on Basic and Clinical Science Integration When Step 1 is Administered After the Core Clerkships.

Teaching and learning in medicine

Kercheval JB, Mott NM, Kim EK, Boscardin CK, Klein BA, Hauer KE, Daniel M

Q-Methodology: A Technique to Assess Perceptions in Simulation Research.

Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare

Klein BA

An analysis of anatomy education before and during Covid-19: August-December 2020.

Anatomical sciences education

Attardi SM, Harmon DJ, Barremkala M, Bentley DC, Brown KM, Dennis JF, Goldman HM, Harrell KM, Klein BA, Ramnanan CJ, Farkas GJ

An Analysis of Anatomy Education Before and During Covid-19: May-August 2020.

Anatomical sciences education

Harmon DJ, Attardi SM, Barremkala M, Bentley DC, Brown KM, Dennis JF, Goldman HM, Harrell KM, Klein BA, Ramnanan CJ, Richtsmeier JT, Farkas GJ

Klein, B. and Loyet, M. Yoga and Anatomy: An Experiential Atlas of Movement. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc

Klein, B. and Loyet, M. Yoga and Anatomy: An Experiential Atlas of Movement. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc

Breaking with Tradition: A Scoping Meta-Analysis Analyzing the Effects of Student-Centered Learning and Computer-Aided Instruction on Student Performance in Anatomy.

Anatomical sciences education

Wilson AB, Brown KM, Misch J, Miller CH, Klein BA, Taylor MA, Goodwin M, Boyle EK, Hoppe C, Lazarus MD

A meta-analysis of anatomy laboratory pedagogies.

Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.)

Wilson AB, Miller CH, Klein BA, Taylor MA, Goodwin M, Boyle EK, Brown K, Hoppe C, Lazarus M

Yoga anatomy workshops: Yoga as experiential learning in undergraduate anatomy courses

Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Educator

Sugrue, M., Klein, B., Loyet, M.

Meta-analysis and review of learner performance and preference: virtual versus optical microscopy.

Medical education

Wilson AB, Taylor MA, Klein BA, Sugrue MK, Whipple EC, Brokaw JJ