Cat dissection vs. sculpting human structures in clay: An analysis of two approaches to undergraduate human anatomy laboratory education

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Waters, John R ^a   Van Meter, Peggy ^a   Perrotti, William ^b   Drogo, Salvatore ^b   Cyr, Richard J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative; Animal; Attitude; Maniken; Performance

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANATOMY; ART; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAT; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXAMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; ISOLATED ORGAN; LABORATORY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUSCLE; PERFORMANCE;

EID: 22444447653     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00033.2004     Document Type: Article

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