Teaching and learning gross anatomy: Dissection, prosection, or 'Both of the Above?'

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-114

  Dinsmore, Charles E ^a,b   Daugherty, Steven ^a   Zeitz, Howard J ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Dissection; Medical education; Prosection

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CADAVER; DISSECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANATOMY; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 0033009830     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1999)12:2<110::AID-CA5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Review

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