Building a low-cost gross anatomy laboratory: a big step for a small university.
This article illustrates details of the planning, building, and improvement phases of a cost-efficient, full-dissection gross anatomy laboratory on a campus of an historically design-centric university. Special considerations were given throughout the project to the nature of hosting cadavers in a building shared amongst all undergraduate majors. The article addresses these needs along with discussion of relevant furnishings and infrastructure that went into the creation of a fully outfitted gross anatomy laboratory (ten cadavers) completed within a significantly constrained timeline and $210,000 budget.
Goldman
Evan
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School of Science and Health, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19144, USA. goldmane@philau.edu
D000715:Anatomy / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000191:economics*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012637:Security Measures; D014495:Universities / Q000191:economics*