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Training and Certification in Surgery
Published in Nazar N. Amso, Saikat Banerjee, Endometriosis, 2022
The highest cost and potentially highest value models are the human cadaveric courses that are available through large teaching establishments or universities. There are a growing number of cadaveric dissection courses incorporated into training programs. They allow both tissue handling and the study of human anatomy. Cadavers offer the possibility to complete entire surgical procedures or develop new operations and techniques, eliminating concerns of morbidity in the live patient; although, have their disadvantages as well.
Politics
Published in Alan Bleakley, Medical Education, Politics and Social Justice, 2020
Modern medicine is grounded in what Michel Foucault (1976) describes as the “birth of the clinic” (the modern hospital) in the late 18th century. Two practices in particular that delineated the birth of the profession of medicine conferred an identity construction and a code of practice: (i) learning anatomy through cadaver dissection, also providing a rite of passage into the profession; and (ii) doctors moving away from treating patients in their own homes, under the jurisdiction of the family, to treating patients in hospital (clinic) settings, thus gaining a “room of one’s own” (to borrow from Virginia Woolf), having a uniform and developing a practice with an idiosyncratic language and code. The profession then closed ranks to cut off from public scrutiny and become an autonomous body, while patients were often objectified – treated as isolated symptoms or diseases rather than persons with symptoms embedded in a social context.
Disgusta
Published in R. Annie Gough, Injury Illustrated, 2020
The first day of gross anatomy made a lasting impression, as students in white lab coats smelled the sharp and offensive sting of formaldehyde for the first time. We were placed in teams of four, one team for each cadaver. If we had 160 freshmen, that was 40 donated decedents on gurneys. Forty looks and feels like a lot. Forty bodies full of sharply stinking chemicals was overwhelming. Regardless of my experience as an autopsy technician, I was equally disappointed and disturbed by the smell. Cadavers are a much different breed of dead body compared to a warm and bleeding car crash victim.
An overview of lipidomics utilizing cadaver derived biological samples
Published in Expert Review of Proteomics, 2021
Luheng Lyu, Neel Sonik, Sanjoy Bhattacharya
Biomedical investigations: The biomedical investigation here refers to investigation into the biology of disease, disorder, or related aspects. The use of cadaver tissue for research has long been utilized for anatomy, histology, pathology, and in the invention of new surgical techniques. With the recent advances made in the field of chromatography, mass spectrometry, NMR, and other techniques we are now poised to generate molecular data utilizing cadaver tissues; thus, allowing for more extensive research within biomedical sciences. The use of cadaveric tissue for lipidomic purposes is poised to yield great insights, for research such as investigating novel biomarkers for disease evaluation and potential targets for new treatments. The recent application of cadaveric lipidomics has made significant contributions to research of brain, eye, liver, and heart disease; however, given the large number of lipids and their vast diversity, substantial control studies (Figure 1) need to be performed to learn limitations and proper interpretation.
Resuming cadaver dissection during a pandemic
Published in Medical Education Online, 2021
The major concern arising from the cessation of accepting body donors, was that institutions may be unable to meet the donor body requirements to accommodate all courses. Whilst Ooi and Ooi rightly stated that this would affect the delivery of teaching in the future [1], they wrongly and worryingly suggested that this has led to cadaveric dissection classes being cancelled. Although the Covid-19 pandemic is ongoing, most universities have opted to reopen this academic year, albeit with limited face-to-face teaching. Many institutions are giving priority to practical and clinical classes such as cadaveric dissection and anatomy laboratory sessions. Indeed, other authors have highlighted that not only is cadaver dissection during Covid-19 possible, but it is also essential [4]. Despite suboptimal numbers of donor bodies as compared to pre-Covid-19 cadaver-to-student ratios, this certainly has not meant that dissection has been cancelled. Social distancing requirements have severely reduced class sizes and cohorts have been split into multiple time slots throughout the week to ensure all students still gain this valuable experience. The practice of cadaver dissection is therefore alive and well.
Do we really need cadavers anymore to learn anatomy in undergraduate medicine?
Published in Medical Teacher, 2018
P. G. McMenamin, J. McLachlan, A. Wilson, J. M. McBride, J. Pickering, D. J. R. Evans, A. Winkelmann
So do we really need cadavers anymore to learn anatomy in undergraduate medicine? Anatomy is still fundamental to undergraduate medicine. It is the language we want our students to be able to use, the knowledge and understanding that helps solve complex clinical problems resulting in the best solutions for their patients (Turney 2007). So how do we best enable that knowledge and understanding in our students? I certainly think that it needs to happen through a multifaceted approach within an integrated curriculum. And can cadavers be part of that? Yes they can, but are they really needed to achieve the learning outcomes? I don’t think so because of the alternatives available (Figure 2(A,B)). So I’ll just ask you when you vote today, to look at the debate question again. I’m a fan of dissection but do we “really need” cadavers to teach “undergraduate medicine”. I don’t think so.