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Prosection anatomy – 167 students and 4 cadavers
Author(s) -
Daly Frank J
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.768.4
Subject(s) - cadaver , dissection (medical) , gross anatomy , license , medicine , medical education , anatomy , medical physics , computer science , operating system
Gross anatomy for physical therapy (DPT), occupational therapy (MOT), physician assistant (MPA) and athletic training students (ATC) occurs at the same time as medical gross anatomy course at the University of New England. Medical students perform dissections on 30 cadavers (4 students/body) and run in a traditional course from August to November. To accommodate the large numbers of students (125 medical, 30 DPT, 35MOT, 50 MPA and 50 ATC) without a corresponding large number of cadavers and costly lab space, modification of a traditional dissection course must be made. These students work from cadavers that are previously dissected, typically 3–6 months prior to each course. The four cadavers are only partially dissected to try to preserve their integrity for use in later courses. Cadavers are dissected to show specific structures to correspond with an in‐house lab manual, usually broken down by compartment or region. Students are walked through the prosections during scheduled lab time by faculty, lab instructors or clinical assistants. Historically, students have performed well on license exams prior to their start as health care professionals. This has worked for the University of New England as both a cost savings and space saving technique.