Bridging Anatomy, Histology, and Pathology: A Novel Curriculum Component Incorporating Self-directed Learning for First-Year Medical Students.

During cadaveric dissection or prosection, medical students frequently encounter pathology that can be a springboard to further learning. We designed a novel educational activity linking anatomy, histology, and pathology that incorporated self-directed learning and teamwork, followed by feedback and instruction from pathologists. Post-activity, more than 97% of students rated the activity as useful (Likert scale of 1 to 5), indicating this activity should be continued in the future.

A Demographic Exploration of Whole Body Donors at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Objective: To examine and characterize the occupational histories of individuals who donated their whole bodies to the Anatomical Gift Program at Warren Alpert Medical School (AMS) from the academic years 2003-2004 to 2013-2014.

Design And Methods: A retrospective chart review of 491 individuals who donated their whole bodies to Alpert Medical School was conducted upon IRB approval from Brown University. Demographic, social, and occupational histories were abstracted for analysis and review.

XROMM analysis of rib kinematics during lung ventilation in the green iguana, Iguana iguana.

The three-dimensional rotations of ribs during breathing are typically described as bucket-handle rotation about a dorsoventrally oriented axis, pump-handle rotation about a mediolateral axis, and caliper rotation about a rostrocaudal axis. In amniotes with double-headed ribs, rib motion is constrained primarily to one degree-of-freedom (DOF) rotation about an axis connecting the two rib articulations. However, in Squamata, the ribs are single headed and the hemispherical costovertebral joints permit rotations with three DOF.

Cadaver treasure hunt: introducing geriatrics concepts in the anatomy class.

The objective of this study was to develop an educational program introducing geriatrics to medical students during anatomy. Observational study of an educational intervention in medical school was the design utilized. First-year medical students in an anatomy laboratory were participants.

Aluminum foreign bodies: do they show up on x-ray?

The objective of this study is to evaluate the utility of radiographs in the detection of aluminum foreign bodies (FB). Aluminum can tabs were placed at the upper esophagus/posterior pharyngeal area in ten randomly selected cadavers. Anterior-posterior (AP) and lateral (LAT) radiographies were performed before and after placement.