TY - JOUR
T1 - Experiences that “reach the heart”. Taking part in a whole body dissection course at the University of Malta
AU - Carini, Francesco
AU - Tomasello, Giovanni
AU - Pollara, Pietro
AU - Capituminno, Rossella
AU - Ravì, Noemi
AU - Slama, Feres
AU - Seidita, Enrico
AU - Inzerauto, Martina
AU - Scorsone, Alberto
AU - Tomasino, Claudio
AU - Liguoro, Beatrice
AU - Busardò, Francesco P.
AU - Pomara, Cristoforo
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This article summarizes the activities of the four-week whole body dissection course the main authors partecipated in August 2016 at the dissection hall of the University of Malta (UoM). Our team comprised 10 second-year medicine students from University of Palermo chosen among who had passed the Human Anatomy exam brilliantly. The need to molve to the UoM to take part in such activity derives from the lack of practice approach in Italian schools of medicine, focused mostly on the theoretical studies, neglecting practical experience. The heart dissection reveal itself as a huge opportunity to finally apply our anatomical knowledge, improving it and enabling us to compare image took from books to the actual organ. We had the chance to handle a real heart, to appreciate its weight and consistence. We took part in coronary artery courses focusing on their functions within the heart machinery.
AB - This article summarizes the activities of the four-week whole body dissection course the main authors partecipated in August 2016 at the dissection hall of the University of Malta (UoM). Our team comprised 10 second-year medicine students from University of Palermo chosen among who had passed the Human Anatomy exam brilliantly. The need to molve to the UoM to take part in such activity derives from the lack of practice approach in Italian schools of medicine, focused mostly on the theoretical studies, neglecting practical experience. The heart dissection reveal itself as a huge opportunity to finally apply our anatomical knowledge, improving it and enabling us to compare image took from books to the actual organ. We had the chance to handle a real heart, to appreciate its weight and consistence. We took part in coronary artery courses focusing on their functions within the heart machinery.
KW - Coronary arteries
KW - Heart dissection
KW - Whole body dissection course
KW - Coronary arteries
KW - Heart dissection
KW - Whole body dissection course
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/243700
UR - http://www.embj.org/2018/
M3 - Article
VL - 12
SP - 108
EP - 112
JO - EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal
JF - EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal
SN - 2279-7165
ER -