Dissection?

[connie_]

Just wondering if Leicester does full body dissection? I know it's probably up here somewhere but I can't find it anywhere... Thanks.

[clc26]

yes

[Hughman]

Yup, one of the few schools that still does. All the unis I applied to do it, so it was nice 'personal' touch on my statement.

[lu-x]

Yeah. Though at first it is prosection.

[thepriceofreality]

Yeah, though not straight away.... your first taste of dissection is in the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular modules during the 2nd semester.

To be honest, I never really enjoyed dissections.... in hindsight a big mistake was never reading about the anatomy in advance. hence, invariably, it became an exercise in just aimlessly slicing n dicing :|

[Airtones]

They aren't starting to use the gunter von hagens plastinated things that warwick are using are they? cos warwick used to commute over to leicester didn't they?

[BenH]

Not sure about the Warwick thing, but it is mainly dissection or prosection. I think they have the odd plastinated things, but I haven't seen any yet.

If you're on the grad-entry course you are dissecting from the start as part of the GI module. Having proper dissection is such a big advantage in the long run, what with the fact that real people tend to differ somewhat from the pictures in textbooks.

[zidza]

sorry. dont all unis do dissections. i just assumed they all did?leicester southampton and leeds what do these guys do ?

[Hughman]

Nop, there's a shortage of cadavers and a lot of schools think it's a pointless exercise, so they use models and prosections instead.

[SupraSpinatous]

how wrong they are in thinking dissection is pointless!!!