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This scoping review explores learning objectives and teaching approaches associated with anatomical variation in undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses. Six primary databases and gray literature sources were searched. Records that described either implicit or explicit approaches for teaching anatomical variation in gross anatomy courses at the undergraduate, graduate, or professional level were included. Source selection, data extraction, and analysis followed the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. Human donor dissection was the most common approach for <jats:italic>implicitly<\/jats:italic> teaching anatomical variation (35.7%, 56\/157). Only a few records (25.5%, 40\/157) reported examples of <jats:italic>explicit<\/jats:italic> teaching approaches, such as student recordings of variation, exposure to multiple donors, and independent research. Reported learning objectives primarily involved awareness, appreciation, and knowledge of anatomical variation. 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