Keeping dissection alive for medical students.
Traditional dissection teaching is being reduced in a number of medical schools, particularly in the United Kingdom. In response to this, 12 medical students from Warwick University, UK, traveled to the Island of Grenada for an intensive extracurricular dissection course at St. George's University. This course not only benefited the host university through the creation of prosections for teaching but also allowed the participants to completely immerse themselves in anatomical study, by developing their dissection skills and consolidating anatomical knowledge. We believe that similar courses could be easily implemented by other medical schools, thereby allowing future students to keep traditional dissection alive.
Chambers
James
J
Warwick Medical School, Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. j.w.a.chambers@warwick.ac.uk
Emlyn-Jones
Daniel
D
D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D004210:Dissection / Q000193:education*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D013337:Students, Medical