Introducing gross pathology to undergraduate medical students in the dissecting room

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-100

  Wood, Andrew ^a   Struthers, Kate ^a   Whiten, Susan ^a   Jackson, David ^a   Herrington, C Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy education; Dissection; Gross anatomy; Medical education; Pathology education

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANATOMY; CADAVER; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 77950946278     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.136     Document Type: Article

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