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BACKGROUND: Teaching anatomy in a clinical context can aid students in appreciating how thesubject will apply to their future career as nurses as well as in other administrative roles. Anatomyis voluminous, making it difficult to retain the factual information in the long run; therefore, this studyprimarily focuses on whether case‑based learning (CBL) with integrated anatomy learning canhelp in retention of the information over short as well as long spans of time. It also focuses on howprofitable would the students be with this different style of learning, and whether it can facilitate inbetter understanding of the basic and clinical concepts.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The current study was conducted in the Nursing College of All IndiaInstitute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India to integrate CBL and evaluate its effect compared to thehighly compartmentalized, didactic lectures among the nursing students. The extent of knowledgeretention was analyzed by conducting a series of tests before as well as after CBL intervention.Feedback and suggestions were obtained from the students by using the 5‑point Likert scale method.RESULTS: The post‑test scores of the students improved by 21% after the CBL. More than 85%of the students opined that CBL improves critical thinking, team work, self‑directed learning, andcommunication skills.CONCLUSION: CBL promotes effective short‑term retention and facilitates comprehension of keyconcepts. CBL also plays an important role in improving the professional skills of the students, whichotherwise is not taught, and equips them for their future careers.