Cadaverless anatomy: Darkness in the times of pandemic Covid-19.
Anatomy education
Body donation
Covid-19
Pandemic
Virtual classes
Journal
Morphologie : bulletin de l'Association des anatomistes
ISSN: 1286-0115
Titre abrégé: Morphologie
Pays: France
ID NLM: 9814314
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
Historique:
received:
29
04
2020
revised:
15
05
2020
accepted:
18
05
2020
pubmed:
11
6
2020
medline:
25
9
2020
entrez:
11
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The pandemic Covid-19 is responsible for a major education crisis globally and has a drastic impact on medical training as well. The objective of the present study was to envision the present and future impact of Covid-19 on anatomy learning and research. The virtual education is the only mode of teaching in current scenario. Every anatomist is unlocking technology to deliver best education however understanding of the subject without dissections or other practical teaching aids like bones, specimens, embryology models, microscopic slides etc. is challenging. This approach misses the feel and human visual impacts. Potential educational disruption is felt currently and will be experienced even after the pandemic is over due to scarcity of cadavers. As the body donor may be carrier or died of Covid-19 and there is no proven screening to rule out this infection in donor, so the acceptance of body donations is not advisable for the safety of medical students and health care workers. To conclude, anatomy education is cadaverless currently due to Covid-19 lockdown and it is prophesied that after the pandemic, real cadavers will be replaced by virtual cadavers because of paucity of cadavers. Research in the field of anatomy will also be adversely affected.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32518047
pii: S1286-0115(20)30045-X
doi: 10.1016/j.morpho.2020.05.003
pmc: PMC7254017
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Editorial
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
147-150Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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