With the advancement of technology and development of new teaching and training methods, the role of age old teaching methods like anatomy dissection is being increasingly debated. Many western universities have increased the curriculum space for these new teaching methods, at the cost of dissection. There are no data from India on perceptions and utility of anatomy dissection from the student’s perspective. The current study is aimed to assess the student preferences regarding the learning methods of human anatomy and to analyze the perceptions of the medical students on human anatomy dissection MATERIALS & METHODS: The study was a cross sectional study of 480 randomly selected medical students, conducted across six medical institutions in Tamilnadu. The sampling method used was multistage simple random sampling. RESULTS: …show more content…
The mean age of the participants was 17.79(±0.83) years. Males constituted 49.02% of the study population. Dissection was ranked as the most preferred method by 244 (52.7%) of the students, followed by computer assisted learning 65(14.0%) and Demonstration (9.7%). Strong positive agreement was displayed by the students for items describing that dissection may help in dealing with patients comfortably in future (51.40%) and dissection makes them feel different and special from other peers (64.14%).74.08% of students wanted to continue dissection as it is CONCLUSIONS: 1. Human anatomy dissection is still the preferred method of anatomy learning among the medical students. 2. Human touch, perceptions and aura associated in the family members and friends in other specialties are the most important factors fostering positive attitude towards
The lab groups first had to obtain a dissection kit and a lab manual. They obtained a clear plastic bin, a dissection tray, and a mat for inside the plastic bin for the dissection. The lab groups then put on protective equipment such as gloves, aprons, and goggles that protected them from potentially harmful fluids. After each dissection day when clean up begins, the students made note to wrap their Neovison vison in wet paper towels to make sure the Neovison vison did not dry out. If the Neovison vison would have dried out, the dissection process would not have been as
In the essay “The Art of Surgery” by Richard Selzer, explains the value of writing and how it may allow us to form a realization within the meanings of pain, love, redemption, loss, and happiness. The power of writing allows one to escape their surrounding reality, and engage in a whole new world to express their own ideas, emotions, and thoughts. The reasons to why we may write can be various for any individual. I believe that writing can have both positive and negative consequences, to allow us to see why we may choose to write. Some of the positive outlooks of writing may include; understanding more about oneself, moving on from past situations, and learning more about the environment that surrounds us.
Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of Sources This investigation will explore the question: To what extent did surgical practices change from The Middle Ages to the Renaissance? Medical Theology and Anatomical practices from the 1400s to the 1600s are the two main subject areas for this investigation. History texts and online archives will be used to research details of the practices, especially the beginnings of human dissection, and psychological performances such as lobotomy. Source A is a secondary source chosen due to the detailed accounts of the transformation of science during the time period.
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Ever since we are little, most of us hate the idea of needle pricks at the doctor’s office. We cringe, cry, hold our moms hand or even embarrassingly pass out. Although we are difficult patients during the collection of blood specimens, it is actually crucially important for a Phlebotomist to perform a proper collection of specimens. Phlebotomy can be the backbone of the laboratory and provide proper diagnosis for patients. Improper collection can lead to complications, including misdiagnosis.
ANDREAS VESALIUS Andreas Vesalius, the father of modern anatomy was born in Brussels in 1514 and died in 1564. Throughout his life of 49 years, Vesalius challenged medical theories with a thirst for learning and discovery. Born into a wealthy family with his father as a pharmacist at the court of Margret of Austria, he received a privileged education from six years old. In 1537, Vesalius gained his doctorate and became a professor of Surgery and Anatomy at the University of Padua. He valued lifelong learning which contributed to his revolutionary works and methods demonstrating the spirit of a Renaissance man.
III. MEDICAL ADVANCES THROUGH THE AGES. At first glance, I thought that The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp and The Agnew Clinic were painted by the same artist because they share many similarities. Historically, they were both commissioned by academic institutes to celebrate the life, and works of great surgeons of their time. Contextually, they focus their attention on the inquisitiveness of the audience; although, we notice a stark difference – Eakins sort of faded the audience out of the background while Rembrandt more prominently focused attention on the lesson’s participants (Figures 6-7).
During the Renaissance health and medicine changed considerably . There were many important changes to the understanding of anatomy and surgery. Important doctors and surgeons discovered different ways of understanding to body and different ways of operating. For example how Vesalius in the 15th century dissected the human body to learn more about anatomy. During this essay I will investigate how far health and medicine improved during the Renaissance by focusing on anatomy and surgery.
Anticipating the Enlightenment spirit of critique, Vesalius openly repudiated the anatomical teachings of Galen, whose work had been the gold standard for more than a millenium. While Galen had based his anatomical teaching on observations of other mammals, Vesalius’s ability to accumulate ocular evidence made Galen’s work seem truly antiquated and based on patent falsities. Vesalius’s turn against Galen was likely liberating and vexed, for Vesalius had begun his work as a Galenic anatomist; his famous Tabulae sex were illustrations of the Galenic Anatomical Institutions.5
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