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. 2019 Oct 23;30(1):47-51.
doi: 10.1007/s40670-019-00839-6. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Dissection Versus Prosection: a Comparison of Laboratory Practical Examinations

Mehak Aziz  1 , Edward T Kernick  2 , Gary L Beck Dallaghan  3 , Kurt O Gilliland  3
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Dissection Versus Prosection: a Comparison of Laboratory Practical Examinations

Mehak Aziz et al. Med Sci Educ. .

Abstract

There is insufficient evidence supporting complete dissection as essential for medical student education. Due to physical constraints, we employed a hybrid teaching method. Gross anatomy practical examinations from two medical student classes were analyzed to determine performance on dissected versus student-prosected material. Overall, student performance on questions pertaining to personally dissected material was similar to performance on questions learned by studying student-prosected material. We found dissection time can be reduced without impacting medical student examination performance.

Keywords: Anatomy; Dissection; Medical students; Prosection.

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Conflict of InterestThe authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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