Is dissection the only way to learn anatomy? Thoughts from students at a non-dissecting based medical school

Anatomical teaching has been centred around dissection for centuries. Generations of doctors have been initiated into the medical profession by cutting into their first cadavers. With the number of donor cadavers available decreasing and medical student numbers increasing, the emphasis placed on dis...

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Autores principales: Patel, Salil B., Mauro, Daniel, Fenn, James, Sharkey, Dermot R., Jones, Conor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 2015
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Eye-Opener
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4602014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26353886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40037-015-0206-8
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Mauro, Daniel
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Sharkey, Dermot R.
Jones, Conor
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description Anatomical teaching has been centred around dissection for centuries. Generations of doctors have been initiated into the medical profession by cutting into their first cadavers. With the number of donor cadavers available decreasing and medical student numbers increasing, the emphasis placed on dissection has changed dramatically over the past 15 years. However, a solid appreciation of human anatomy is still a necessary part of understanding pathology and treatments. Therefore in light of these changes we ask, is dissection the only option? Or are there other options which students can undertake to develop anatomical knowledge?
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spelling pubmed-46020142015-10-16 Is dissection the only way to learn anatomy? Thoughts from students at a non-dissecting based medical school Patel, Salil B. Mauro, Daniel Fenn, James Sharkey, Dermot R. Jones, Conor Perspect Med Educ Eye-Opener Anatomical teaching has been centred around dissection for centuries. Generations of doctors have been initiated into the medical profession by cutting into their first cadavers. With the number of donor cadavers available decreasing and medical student numbers increasing, the emphasis placed on dissection has changed dramatically over the past 15 years. However, a solid appreciation of human anatomy is still a necessary part of understanding pathology and treatments. Therefore in light of these changes we ask, is dissection the only option? Or are there other options which students can undertake to develop anatomical knowledge? Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 2015-09-09 2015-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4602014/ /pubmed/26353886 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40037-015-0206-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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