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Editorial
. 2020 Sep;104(346):147-150.
doi: 10.1016/j.morpho.2020.05.003. Epub 2020 May 28.

Cadaverless anatomy: Darkness in the times of pandemic Covid-19

A Singal  1 , A Bansal  2 , P Chaudhary  3
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Editorial

Cadaverless anatomy: Darkness in the times of pandemic Covid-19

A Singal et al. Morphologie. 2020 Sep.

Abstract
in English, French

The pandemic Covid-19 is responsible for a major education crisis globally and has a drastic impact on medical training as well. The objective of the present study was to envision the present and future impact of Covid-19 on anatomy learning and research. The virtual education is the only mode of teaching in current scenario. Every anatomist is unlocking technology to deliver best education however understanding of the subject without dissections or other practical teaching aids like bones, specimens, embryology models, microscopic slides etc. is challenging. This approach misses the feel and human visual impacts. Potential educational disruption is felt currently and will be experienced even after the pandemic is over due to scarcity of cadavers. As the body donor may be carrier or died of Covid-19 and there is no proven screening to rule out this infection in donor, so the acceptance of body donations is not advisable for the safety of medical students and health care workers. To conclude, anatomy education is cadaverless currently due to Covid-19 lockdown and it is prophesied that after the pandemic, real cadavers will be replaced by virtual cadavers because of paucity of cadavers. Research in the field of anatomy will also be adversely affected.

La pandémie Covid-19 est responsable d’une crise majeure de l’éducation dans le monde et a également un impact considérable sur la formation médicale. L’objectif de la présente étude était d’envisager l’impact actuel et futur de la Covid-19 sur l’apprentissage et la recherche en anatomie. L’éducation virtuelle est le seul mode d’enseignement dans le scénario actuel. Chaque anatomiste exploite la technologie pour offrir la meilleure éducation, mais la compréhension du sujet sans dissections ou autres aides pédagogiques pratiques comme les os, les spécimens, les modèles d’embryologie, les lames microscopiques, etc. est difficile. Cette approche manque la sensation et les impacts visuels humains. Une perturbation éducative potentielle se fait sentir actuellement et sera ressentie même après la fin de la pandémie en raison de la rareté des cadavres. Étant donné que le donneur de corps peut être porteur ou décédé de la Covid-19 et qu’aucun dépistage n’a été prouvé pour exclure cette infection chez le donneur Ainsi, l’acceptation des dons de corps n’est pas recommandée pour la sécurité des étudiants en médecine et des travailleurs de la santé. Pour conclure, l’enseignement de l’anatomie est privé de cadavres actuellement en raison du verrouillage de la Covid-19 et il est prophétisé qu’après la pandémie, les vrais cadavres seront remplacés par des modèles virtuels en raison du manque de cadavres. La recherche dans le domaine de l’anatomie sera également affectée.

Keywords: Anatomy education; Body donation; Covid-19; Pandemic; Virtual classes.

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