Human body donation programs best practices and recommended standards: A task force report from the American Association for Anatomy.

The American Association for Anatomy recently charged a task force with updating and expanding upon best practices and recommendations for human body donation programs. The task force comprised American Association for Anatomy members with specific and detailed knowledge about the legal, ethical, and procedural operations of body donation programs in the United States. The task force developed both foundational and aspirational recommendations.

Using Soft-Preserved Body Donors to Improve the Anatomy Learning Experience for Orthopedic Residents.

Background: Working with deceased human bodies to advance anatomical knowledge as part of orthopedic residency programs is critical to improving clinical skills. Formalin-preserved donors are routinely used but don't retain similar features to patients. This study compares Imperial College London- soft preserved (ICL-SP) donors to standard formalin-preserved donors in teaching anatomy to orthopedic residents.

Giving a voice to our silent teachers: Whole body donation from the donor perspective at one donation program in the United States.

Human body donors play a crucial role in anatomical education, research, and clinical skills training, and those interested in anatomical donation may bequeath their bodies to body donation programs (BDPs). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perspective of body donors on the donation process in order to make recommendations for improvement that align with donor values. A survey was administered via email to 2145 individuals that had enrolled in The Ohio State University's BDP and yielded a 40% response rate.